"The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it."

FRACTURED FAMILY HEJIRA The matriarch embarked on an exodus to safety in her own place of abode after she made up her mind against the house of unspoken terror. In her words, "l starved for three consecutive days, when the master of the house inquired if I had eaten,I advertently answered in the affirmative." According to the matriarch's account, the master of the house spent most of his time upstairs and had smattering or no knowledge of what happened downstairs. In the words of the matriarch, "Before my caregiver would appear for duty, if I requested to be given hot water, the charwoman would not oblige me because she was strictly instructed not to by her employer." In fact, according to her, she could not eat what she wanted. If she would not eat what she was offered, she would starve. She was offered a soup mixed with water. This was different from what her hosts consumed. In her words, "I refused to eat it". On the Xmas day, she ...