CONTENTS

PROLOGUE - TWENTY-ONE YEARS LATER Goa December 1995

PART 1 - IN THE BEGINNING

1.      1958

2.      In My Father’s House

3.      Sophisticated Security Systems

PART II - THE OLD CONVENT SCHOOL

4.      A Healthy Pair of Lungs

5.      The Book of sins

6.      Compound Interest and Baggy Bloomers

7.      Things Implied

PART III - CHRISTMAS TIME

8.      Child Labour

9.      The Persian Carpet

10.    The Writing on the Wall

11.    Finally, Christmas Day

PART IV - FAMILY SHENANIGANS

12.    Aunt Betty’s Parties

13.    Aunt Tilly’s Parcels

14.    Uncle Claude’s Tensions

15.    Aunt Kitty’s Exit

PART V - …AND IN THE END

16.    Cobwebs on the Drawing Room Ceiling

17.    Cabin Trunks

18.    de Souza Explains

19.    Booby Traps

20.    There is Nothing More To Say

EPILOGUE - TWENTY-ONE YEARS LATER Goa December 1995