John's earliest memories are of Sunday mornings, when the whole house was in a flurry of activity. As the head of the family and minister of the church, his father would lead them to the church. Wearing clean clothes and cheerful in spirit, they would walk to the church. They would go past the hospital where his siblings were born. John remembers the times when his mother brought home the babies to make him feel estranged.

John's family would walk towards the church in a superior attitude, looking down on people who were enjoying the leisure of a Sunday morning. Reaching the temple of God, they would get separated to their seats in the respective parts of the church according to their age groups. John and his younger brother would be seated together along with other teenage boys and hear the sermon read out by the young and handsome Elisha.

The priest of the church would always talk of virtues and sins. Once he had chastised Elisha for being friendly with a young female visitor to the c

The last person Florence remembers is Deborah. Deborah had kept in touch with her even after she had married Gabriel. She had written to Florence during all the years of crisis in her marriage. One of the last letters she had written had exposed Gabriel's relationship with another woman and the existence of has bastard. Florence had wanted to confront Gabriel with the facts of the letter but could never do so. Now too she had the letter with her but is not sure whether she would be in a position to ask her brother about it.

John is disillusioned with religion and his life as ordained by his father. On his fourteenth birthday, he wakes up with rebellion in his heart. He hopes fondly that someone would wake him after wishing him a happy birthday but no one comes to cheer his spirits. Feeling restless, he goes back to sleep. When he wakes up again, it is late in the morning. He hears the voice of his brother in the kitchen. Washing up, he reaches the kitchen to see his brother arguing with his mother. Roy is disgusted with his father's autocratic ways but his mother tries to justify her husband's behavior. John eats breakfast in silence. When his mother asks him to clean the drawing room, he leaves to do his job with distaste.

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Approximate Pages = 13 (250 words per page double spaced)