Irene sees herself as a very respectable middle- aged woman with standards and morals which she needs to keep. She thinks that she is a useful member of the community and people really give her their respect.

“Any way I had a charming letter back from the director of operations, a Mr Widdop. He said he was most grateful I’d drawn this matter to his attention and, while he was aware the practice sometimes went on, if he personally caught anybody smoking he would jump on the culprits with both feet. He knew I would appreciate that discipline within the chapel precincts presented special problems as it wasn’t always convenient to tear a s

Also, there is the unfolding ‘kiddy’ story. The parents were always seem to be going out at nights and leaving the ‘kiddy’ at home alone and the father also having time to mess with the car and they are not taking care of the baby which is why Irene thinks the ‘kiddy’ looks so sick. Where as in the end we find out that the ‘kiddy’ was ill and was placed in hospital and the parents had to keep going to visit and stay with the ‘kiddy’ in the night. Hence, the reason the father had to be repairing the car, to make sure it is working well, to take them back and forth to the hospital. In the end the ‘kiddy’ was very ill and eventually died of Leukaemia. This was the reason why Irene was not seeing the ‘kiddy’ again.

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Allan Bennett, Miss Ruddock, Dramatic Irony, Buckingham Palace, Purposefully Bennett, Unreliable Narrator, Bennett Personification, Awayday London, ASSIGNMENT Lady, write letters, audience irene, writing letters, Gradual Revelation, pen write, miss ruddock, pen write letters, hearse drivers, miss ruddock sitting, trapped prison, buckingham palace, hearse drivers smoking, ‘kiddy’ looks, people’s business, saying records indicate, “come miss ruddock,