The next troopship homeward bound from Mombasa wasn’t due until the end of January 1959. It was looking very much like their child would be born bef...ore Rob was home. She would still have to depend on her in laws for help until he arrived though. They had been a great help to her since she had separated from the WRNS and had come to her husband’s home town to find a place for them to live, and start raising their family. Outside she could hear the foghorns of the ships on the river, sounding to. The Colby grandparents had originally bought the cabin on the lake and then willed it to their kids when they passed. My name is Ellie and my husband is Jack Colby and he is the youngest sibling of the three brother and two sister family. Between the five siblings there are 11 children, the youngest is ours at 5 and the oldest is 19 by Jack's eldest sister Aileen. In addition to our five families at the reunion there are three uncles and two aunts and their children ranging in age from 12 to. Tomorrow, I would head for home.Wednesday morning began with a light fog creeping across the landscape.Dad had wanted to get an early start for home so we had done most of thepacking and house cleaning the night before. We finished loading the carand were about to get in, when Sam and her mom came and exchanged good-byes before they headed for town. We climbed in the car and with tearsin my eyes, headed for home.It was a few years before we visited the island again. We rented a housein the. ’ ‘And I don’t want you to go, but I prefer to think of you away from danger.’ ‘Hiding in a cellar won’t offer me much protection if the castle is taken.’ ‘Disguise yourself as a kitchen maid. I want you to live. Promise me you’ll live.’ ‘Without you?’ ‘If needs must, though I hope to survive the battle.’ Jane held him tightly. ‘I love you so much. Life without you is unthinkable.’ ‘You will manage. A little sad, perhaps…’ ‘A little sad!’ exclaimed Jane. ‘All right – devastated. But it won’t.