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    CHAPTER – 2
    The Address Summary

    The story The Address is all about human predicament that follows war. The story narrates
    how a daughter goes to her native place in Holland in search of her mother's belongings after
    a war.

    In the beginning of the story it is narrated how the narrator was given a cold reception when
    she went to her native place after the war in search of her mother's belongings. After ringing
    the bell of a House Number 46 in Marconi Street, a woman opened the door. On being
    introduced,the woman kept staring at her in silence. There was no sign of recognition on her
    face. The woman was wearing her mother's green knitted cardigan. The narrator could
    understand that she had made no mistake. She asked the woman whether she knew her
    mother. The woman could not deny this. The narrator wanted to talk to her for some time.
    But the woman cautiously closed the door. The narrator stopped there for some time and
    then left the place.

    In the subsequent sections, the memories of the narrator's bygone days come to light. Her
    mother had provided 'the address' years ago during the war. She went home for a few days.
    She could find that various things were missing. At that time her mother told her about Mrs
    Dorling. She happened to be an old acquaintance of the narrator's mother. Lately she had
    renewed contact with her and had been coming there regularly. Every time she left their
    house she took something home with her. She told that she wanted to save all their nice
    possessions. The next day the narrator saw Mrs Dorling going out of their house with a heavy
    suitcase. She had a fleeting glimpse of Mrs Dorling's face. She asked her mother whether the
    woman lived far away. At that time the narrator's mother told about the address: Number
    46, Marconi Street. After many days the after the war, the narrator was curious to take a
    view of the possessions that must still be at Number 46, Marconi Street. With this intention
    she went to the given address.

    The concluding part of the story describes the second visit of the narrator. As the narrator's
    first visit yielded no result so she planned to go once again. Interestingly, a girl of fifteen
    opened the door to her. Her mother was not at home. The narrator expressed her wish to
    wait for her. The girl accompanied her to the passage. The narrator saw an old fashioned
    iron candle holder hanging next to a mirror. The girl made her sit in the living room and
    went inside. The narrator was horrified to find herself in a room she knew and did not
    know. She found herself in the midst of familiar things which she longed to see again but
    which troubled her in the strange atmosphere. She had no courage to look around her. But
    she no longer had desire to possess them. She got up, walked to the door, and left the room.
    She resolved to forget the address and moved on.

    Through the story the narrator brings to light the miseries and the loss,mental as well as
    physical,brought by war. Every war brings a lot of upheaval.The normal life is disturbed.The
    narrator wants to forget the address because the memories of her mother are associated
    with it.Now she gets sentimental and does not care for the possessions. They are useless as
    their true owner was no more in the world.

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