Question

Why mrs dorling refuse to recognize the narrator when they meet years after?

Answer 1

After the war the narrator decided to visit Mrs.dorling house to her mother priceless belonging .At first ,Mrs dorling gave no sign of recorgnition .she talked to the narrator through slity opened door.she did not invite her inside.but when see saw the narrator looking of at the green cardigan,she expressed surprise she told the narrator that it was not conviement for her to talk and came another time

Answer 2

The narrator wanted to see all her those things which her mother gave Mrs. Dorling during the war. So, that's why she went to Mrs. Dorling house. But she refused to recognise her. And aslo didn't allow her to came in her house. She taught that the narrator would take all those things from her whose she take care for many years. After seeing the narrator in her house she taught she definitely can to take her all. those things which were connected to her past. But she don't want to loose all those things. So, that's why she refused to recognise the narrator.   


  Mrs. Dorling took with her vases, crockery, plates etc. during the war. By saying that she would return all those things to narrator back.