This is Herbert, your father's elder brother, to whom you were sent for re-education in a church school. Herbert is a stern, cold and indifferent man, whose black eyes express only disgust when he looks in your direction. Herbert is the priest of the church school, and for Herbert you are just a stupid child who hangs around his neck like a burden. He leans down and slaps your hands when you stumble again while reciting the Lord's Prayer. “Again,” he growls, “Start over, you little mediocrity.”