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MARY AINSWORTH WAS A LIVELY, PHYSICALLY ROBUST WOMAN. She had a notable liking for parties, dancing, books, music, whiskey, tennis, bridge, crossword puzzles, basketball, board games, geography, and meteorology. On entrance to her home in Charlottesville, where she took up residence in 1973, a visitor would note immediately that (as in the case of her previous home in Baltimore) it was neat. pretty, and well-cared for, and was backed by a wide screened porch where she spent much time. Her house was filled with comfortable, silk-covered chairs and sofas, oriental carpets, and Herman Maril paintings, which she collected. The overflow of serious books and papers was confined to her study, which also contained a tall bookcase full of paper-back murder mysteries. Like John Bowlby, she believed that at least 6- to 8-week yearly holidays were a good thing, and she took seaside holidays of this duration. By the 1980's she began to complain that academics in general were gradually growing too invested in grant-getting and publications, as indicated by the ever-diminishing number of dinner parties. In the years in which I knew her, she was well-groomed, well-dressed, and liked oright colors, and this is partially attributable to a long, personal psychoanalysis which I discuss below.