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"A short time after our return to England, my mother died in a railway accident near Crewe, Dr Roylott then stopped working as a doctor in London and took us to live with him in the family home at Stoke Moran. My mother's money was enough for all our needs, and there seemed no reason for us not to live happily. "But our stepfather changed at about this time. Our neighbours were at first very happy to see a Roylott of Stoke Moran back in the old house, but he shut himself away. When he did appear, he argued with everyone. "The men of the family have always had a violent temper. In my stepfather's case, this was made worse by his time in prison. Two terrible fights ended in the police court, and at last he became the terror of the village, he is a man of great strength, and cannot be controlled when he is angry. "Last week he threw a local man off a bridge into a stream, this was not reported to the police only because I paid all the money that I could find. He has no friends except for some travelling people. He allows them to camp in the woods on the small piece of land we still own. They invite him into their tents. And sometimes he goes away with them for several weeks. "He also likes Indian animals, which are sent over to him by a friend. These are feared by the villagers almost as much as their owner is. "You can imagine that my poor sister Julia and I did not have much pleasure in our lives after our mother died. No servant stayed with us for long, and we had to do all the housework. Julia was only thirty at the time of her death, but her hair was already turning white, like mine now. "So your sister is dead?" here. "She died two years ago, and her death is the reason that I am