Loss first observed by Andrew Shephard
Not quite three, too young to know why father conducts the Third Programme in a ground-floor cul-de-sac maisonette while mother washes dishes, cries. Father conducts the Third Programme - violin concerto, slow movement, waiting for a breakfast egg to boil. In a ground-floor cul-de-sac maisonette between railway lines and by-pass the cat has not slunk home. While mother washes dishes, cries, boy clings to apron strings, mystified, too young to be told Bimbo has died.