My father returns from the war to great rejoicing.  But the next day my parents had a huge row when he announced he wanted to take us all to  London.  In the end my father and i went on our own.  It was stupendous, a beacon that stands out from my childhood.  My Dad and I have been to London, I sneered to the girl on the toadstool when I woke up in my bedroom the next day. We defied you and all the other women and went to London.   The next day he returned to the war.