• She had consented to go away, to leave her home. • Strange that it should come that very night to remind her of the promise to her mother, her promise to keep the home together as long as she could. • She prayed to God to direct her, to show her what was her duty. • Frank would take her in his arms, fold her in his arms. • Her time was running out but she continued to sit by the window, leaning her head against the window curtain, inhaling the odour of dusty cretonne. • Not long before, when she had been laid up for a day, he had read her out a ghost story and made toast for her at the fire.
Analyse the characters of William Douglas from ‘Deep Water’ and Mukesh from ‘Lost Spring’ in terms of their determination and will power in pursuing their goals.