Question

I thought no one had come back why does Mrs. Dorling say this??​

Answer 1

Answer:

So when Mrs Dorling asks -"Have you come back? I thought no one had come back", she basically thought that the narrator and her mother had died. And she wasn't surprised but shocked to see that the narrator was indeed back.

Answer 2

Answer:

Because she thought the protagonist's families were dead. ...

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