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Eve Drewelowe's journals, volumes II-III, 1950s
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38. thorough. Because of this, responsibilities were accepted that I might have evaded had I been wiser and less open to imposition, and more blind about seeing things to be done. This picture of my childhood not only includes remembrances of responsibilities - those smaller tasks and heavier duties -; of snagged frocks; of school and games; and above all, the spirit of a wild high-life. There are also evoked memories of occasional headaches, that made the thought of supper impossible and crawling to bed for sleep and blessed relief. From this same past recur incidents of a healthy fatigue of child-hood which induced the falling asleep over evening meals. There also occurred short and infrequent interludes of languor and drooping. These minor ailments of just a few hours duration perhaps stand out in an otherwise healthy period partly because there was not much else to punctuate the monotony of the years. There may be recorded, however, those colds which followed so closely upon each other or were even super-imposed. These perhaps were of more significance for they were not only
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38. thorough. Because of this, responsibilities were accepted that I might have evaded had I been wiser and less open to imposition, and more blind about seeing things to be done. This picture of my childhood not only includes remembrances of responsibilities - those smaller tasks and heavier duties -; of snagged frocks; of school and games; and above all, the spirit of a wild high-life. There are also evoked memories of occasional headaches, that made the thought of supper impossible and crawling to bed for sleep and blessed relief. From this same past recur incidents of a healthy fatigue of child-hood which induced the falling asleep over evening meals. There also occurred short and infrequent interludes of languor and drooping. These minor ailments of just a few hours duration perhaps stand out in an otherwise healthy period partly because there was not much else to punctuate the monotony of the years. There may be recorded, however, those colds which followed so closely upon each other or were even super-imposed. These perhaps were of more significance for they were not only
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