“I thought that no one had come back.” Why does Mrs. Dorling say this...
The Address revolves around War. Maybe the narrator was a Jew who went into hiding with her mother and left their belongings with Mrs. Dorling. Or maybe circumstances just compelled them to leave that place.
So when Mrs Dorling asks -"Have you come back? I thought no one had come back", she basically thought that the narrator and her mother had died. And she wasn't surprised but shocked to see that the narrator was indeed back. She never wished for them to return and never was her intention to return back the things that were given to her for safekeeping by the narrator's mother.
And when the narrator says-"Only me", she means that her mother hadn't survived war.
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Explanation:
Mrs. Dorling says, "I thought that no one had come back" because she thought everyone in the protagonist's family was dead.
Reasoning:
- The context of the statement suggests that the protagonist has returned after a long time.
- Mrs. Dorling's statement indicates that she was not expecting the protagonist to return.
- The use of the word "back" implies that the protagonist had left for some reason.
- The tone of Mrs. Dorling's statement is one of surprise and relief.
- The fact that Mrs. Dorling thought that no one had come back suggests that she believed that the protagonist's family members were dead.
Conclusion:
Based on the context and Mrs. Dorling's statement, it can be inferred that she believed that the protagonist's family members were dead and was surprised to see the protagonist return.