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Richard looked depressed and told Mrs K. that he had been expecting Mummy and Paul, who was home on leave, but they had not come. Possibly they would arrive tomorrow. He was very sorry to miss most of his brother's leave. If he saw Paul tomorrow, it would only be for a few hours. Richard had asked Cook (who was still staying with him in the hotel) what she thought the family might be doing; the description she gave of Daddy and Mummy sitting by the fire with Paul and Bobby made Richard feel so miserable and lonely that he could hardly bear it. He said listlessly that he would not draw but would like to play with the toys. But he soon left off playing and said he did not want to play, or draw, or talk, or even think. After a little while, however, he took up the toys, noticed that a little woman had come off her stand, and threw her aside, saying that he did not like her. Then he told Mrs K. that he had sent Mummy a drawing similar to the one he had made yesterday (Drawing 8).
Mrs K. suggested that Richard, by making this drawing for his mother, felt that he was not only giving her a present and in this way making her feel better, but had also confessed to her his guilt about having injured her, which he expressed on the drawing by the sunk Emden. Moreover, he was guilty about rejecting the injured Mummy (the little woman who had come off her stand), feeling that he was the cause of her illness or injury. By sending Mummy a drawing similar to that which he had made for Mrs K., he also expressed his wish not to reject his mother (who was ill, and to him very injured) and not to prefer Mrs K., who was now felt to be the uninjured Mummy, also the nurse (Note I).
Richard again took up the toys and made various groups: two