The Avenue

The Avenue, as it is referred by chapter titles, does not have a certain name, but its inhabitants keep up its protection against outsiders as if it had royal legacy. The Avenue consists of a semi-circle of houses that have small yards. In increasing numerical order, there are Mrs. Roper and her son Brian at Number Two, The Bennetts at Number Four, Mr. and Mrs. Forbes at Number Six, John Creasy at Number Eight, Eric Lamb at Number Ten, Sheila Dakin and her two children at Number Twelve; and, the only odd ranking number on the street, Walter Bishop at Number Eleven. There are also the Kapoors (Number Fourteen) who arrive later in the novel. If there are more houses on the street, it is not divulged. Mrs. Morton lives at Three Rowan Tree Croft, a street assumed to be close enough that Grace, a young child...