Chapter 59
The diary began when Michael was seven, and his mother could no longer put off sending him to boarding school.
He read of the many tears she had shed over his leaving. After he left home, she was unable to rid herself of her depression. Finally, knowing how much she liked ancient Greek mythology and literature, after the Christmas and New Year holidays ended, Claude sent her away to a Greek island where she could spend the long months until the boys returned again for summer vacation.
As he read the heartfelt pages, he quickly realized he could get through them only by distancing himself, by thinking of her only as “Jane.”
April 8th -
Today is Michael’s eighth birthday. I should be with him, but Claude refused to allow him home for such an “unimportant” occasion, so I decid
