Question

Why was mrs dorling surprised to recognise the author

Answer 1

It is because she thought that no one would come after the war from her family

Answer 2

Answer:

She was pretty much surprised to see the narrator

Explanation:Mrs dorling had never expected that they would return after world war 2 but when surprisingly narrator did ,she didn't know how to react at first.But ,she would then not recognise the narrator probably because she was afraid the narrator might have come to claim her mother's belongings

Even when Mrs.Dorling had first come in touch with narrator's mother ,she would visit her quite regularly(bc she was an old friend of her mother who had recently come in touch ) for hoarding things that she needed for her house ,saying that she wanted to preserve all the "good" things.

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