... that Henry and Edward were never allowed to enter. Edward had accepted this, and had neither the inclination or the courage to disobey her. One day, however, Edward tired of waiting for his mother, peeked through a crack in the door. The sight that met him was not what he was expecting. His mother ... Edward nursed her for a year before a second attack took her life in December 1945. She was buried on the 31st of December. This was the first time Edward was alone. He was 39. In this solitude, Edward began to withdraw from reality. He had begun to develop a deeply unhealthy interest in the...

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