I'm only thinking of people like me, who were raised similarly. I've looked through what was written under the lock and I see how everyone felt sorry for me, and what they thought of Mummy. But when I was younger I just thought that was how all Mothers were. Aunt Narcissa was kind, but Mummy would always say that she was really just weak, and also secretly cruel because her kindness was just a trick to make me feel sorry for myself. She showed me the Black family tree and where all the traitors had their names burned off, and made it sound as if people who were traitors were horrible monsters from fairy books who were fated to face justice in the end. And she was so strong and sure of herself, and hardly anyone ever contradicted her, so I believed everything she said.
It's probably an extreme example, I suppose. I think most people just like to carry on and forget about the way England used to be, because if they remembered, they would feel a lot of guilt. So they don't say anything to their children that would go against what the Protectorate says, because that would be like remembering.
And no, it didn't take that many people to topple the old Ministry, but they were all people who were ready to die, and were ready to kill. Well, all except the Lord Protector, he wasn't ready to die. So he found a lot of people who would do it for him.
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I'm only thinking of people like me, who were raised similarly. I've looked through what was written under the lock and I see how everyone felt sorry for me, and what they thought of Mummy. But when I was younger I just thought that was how all Mothers were. Aunt Narcissa was kind, but Mummy would always say that she was really just weak, and also secretly cruel because her kindness was just a trick to make me feel sorry for myself. She showed me the Black family tree and where all the traitors had their names burned off, and made it sound as if people who were traitors were horrible monsters from fairy books who were fated to face justice in the end. And she was so strong and sure of herself, and hardly anyone ever contradicted her, so I believed everything she said.
It's probably an extreme example, I suppose. I think most people just like to carry on and forget about the way England used to be, because if they remembered, they would feel a lot of guilt. So they don't say anything to their children that would go against what the Protectorate says, because that would be like remembering.
And no, it didn't take that many people to topple the old Ministry, but they were all people who were ready to die, and were ready to kill. Well, all except the Lord Protector, he wasn't ready to die. So he found a lot of people who would do it for him.