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It was pouring with rain. When Richard arrived, he looked round the playroom with obvious dislike. He did not look at Mrs K. at all. He offered her a local paper from ‘Z’ which he had previously mentioned, and asked urgently that she should read it; then she would really know something about ‘Z’ and would like it.… He pulled a shilling out of his pocket and asked whether Mrs K. could give him twelve pennies for it.
Mrs K. said she had no change.
Richard then sat down at the table. He said he wished he were ‘not here’. He made a gesture which he explained was ringing a bell.
Mrs K. asked for whom he was ringing the bell.
Richard, without any hesitation, said that it was for the light-blue Mummy to come in and for the dark-blue Mummy to get out. He pointed at Mrs K.'s navy-blue dress and added that she was not quite black, even though she was dark blue; she was something in between. He told her about his trip with Mummy and Paul to ‘Z’. Clearly it was very important to him that they had brought back not only various household things, which were largely for his father's convenience, but also his own clockwork train. He showed very strong feelings about this train.1 Richard then made Drawing