... his daughter, Yvette, to chose between her family and the Eastwoods. Due to the rector's strict, moral and just views, he was very hurt - suicidal, even (p3: 'Sympathetic ladies had stayed him from suicide') - when she-who-was-Cynthia left him and his family. This partially explains why he is so cautious when he senses even the smallest traces of she-who-was-Cynthia in Yvette. After he married Cynthia, they had 2 children (Yvette and Lucille). His concept of right and wrong led to the shock which affected him so severely when she no longer wanted to take part in being a member of the rector's restrictive household. The rector saw her leaving him as evil, and recognises traces of she-who-was-Cynthia in his daughters. She-who was Cynthia obviously could not cope with the restrictive atmosphere in the rectory. It was too dull for her in the long run, and so she left the ...

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