As it turns out, her appearance and the arrival of Jory's grandmother results in the revelation of a family secret: that Cathy and Chris are brother and sister and that Corrine is the mother of both. The woman is eventually revealed as Corrine Winslow, and she really is Bart's grandmother. She asks that he call her grandmother and he comes to agree, though wavers between believing her story that she is truly his grandmother and refusing to believe. Bart soon goes over for a visit, saying that the old woman had shouted an invitation over the wall. Instead, they see an old woman dressed completely in black, her face covered by a veil. They are disappointed because they've spent time in the old building but hope for playmates. It's while the boys are sitting on that wall one day that they see workers arrive to begin restoring the old mansion next door. Emma says that she is constantly "anticipating" what Bart might next find to spill or drop and that she's thankful that Bart and Jory spend so much time "on that wall." Jory arrives at home after school to find Emma, the family's cook and friend, in the kitchen. Jory's grandmother is known in the ballet world as Madame Marisha and Jory and his family visit her each summer. Paul Sheffield, and that his mother's current husband is Chris. Jory begins the story by saying what he knows as fact that his mother has been married three times, that his father is Julian Marquet, that his half-brother Bart's father is Dr.
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