Question

what was the narrator in the story the address in search of why

Answer 1

the narrator was in search of her mother's belongings as it was a long time since she had seen them.Also,she was curious to know the state of the belongings and how Mrs. Dorling had kept them.

Answer 2

The narrator was in search of her mother’s household things such as the cutlery, silver ware, crockery, antique pieces, etc, which her mother had given to Mrs. Dorling to take care of before they ran away for safety reasons during the war. Now, the war had ended. Life had returned to normalcy. She had come back to her native city. She needed those things back; besides she felt emotionally connected to her mother’s things. Those things had become very important to her after her mother’s death. So, she wanted to repossess those things.