Disclaimer - Pg 264

   Catherine has told her mother that Nicholas is in hospital and her mother was distressed at first, but then neatened up the information, tucked in its corners and reassured Catherine that people rarely die from measles these days. Better that he has it now when he is little. She is almost envious of the way her mother's mind works now. It is deteriorating and yet with it comes a determination to put a positive spin on nasty intruders. Her mother seems content: she is creating, for now at least, a much nicer world for herself.