Niang's two children were never bullied. They were special. Franklin was Niang's favourite child. He looked very much like Niang: a handsome boy with round eyes. Susan at this time was still a baby. I was more comfortable when I was at school with my friends At St Joseph's, marks were added together every Friday and the girl with the highest total received a silver medal to wear for the whole week. Father immediately noticed when I wore the medal. Those were the only times when he showed that he was proud of me. At prizegiving day in 1941 I received a prize for winning the medal for more weeks than any other student in the school. It was a great moment for me, but not one of my family was there.