she said that lawtey didn't remember properly and it was a long time ago. and anyway, the old country had sunk. the grandmother said that they were both wrong and the place that had sunk was not the really old country. she said she could remember the really old country. she said really own old country have one. i will skip the prologue. we will dive straight into the story. the hero is about seven years old. he is slightly grumpy because he has just had to give up his bedroom and the family is running short of money. different people are staying in his bedroom. my former bedroom at the top of the stairs was let out and the variety of people passed through it. and i view them all with suspicion. they were sleeping in my bedroom, using my little yellow basin that was just the right size for me. there had been a fat austrian later told us to walk around the ceiling. an american couple that my mother scandalized when she discovered they were not actually married. now, there was a south african miner. although he had he gave us an opal. my sister like this and t