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It was as if at the threshold of some golden portal prepared for Oleron a pit should suddenly gape , as if a bat-like shadow should turn the growing dawn to mirk and darkness again . Our aim in this course will be to sort through the complex , confusing , and deeply intriguing questions that are contained within the seemingly simple concept of the " family history " and the " family story . He stood on the kerb plunged in misery , looking after her as long as she remained in sight ; but almost instantly with her disappearance he felt the heaviness lift a little from his spirit . He could see also in the picture-glass the little glancings of light from the bevels and facets of the objects about the mirror and candle . One stakeholder articulated a simple explanation on the last day of the meeting which , according to facilitator Marilyn Sifford , summed up the entire conference . Oleron had known a great deal about such things in his time , but all that was now past . Not all of the pleasures to be found for money in " our little parish of St. James 's " were dignified , or even legal . It had altered its angle a little , and had moved a little to the left . He was a great recluse ; seldom went out of place , and " - - the vicar hesitated and then broke into a little gush of candour - - " and since you appear to have come for this information , and since it is better that the truth should be told than that garbled versions should get about , I do n't mind saying that this man Madley died there , under somewhat unusual circumstances . To start , each person contributed comments to three timelines that were hung on the walls of the meeting room : a personal timeline , on which to note personal highlights and milestones from the past 50 years or earlier , up until today ; a global timeline spanning the same time ; and a local cultural-heritage-resources timeline . The privet bushes among the chopper-like notice-boards flowered , and in the streets where Oleron did his shopping the baskets of flower-women lined the kerbs . He could not be sure - - had he run to the window of the other wall , which was blinded , the skirt must have been already past - - but he was almost sure that it was Elsie .