They would tell you to step in to see the father when classes were over. It wasn't done casually, you know it was rather like the execution of a sentence. In those days they used a cane made of very hard rubber. It was probably during this period with the Jesuits that a strong sense of fear developed - moral fear - the fear of being involved in anything evil. Ours was a Catholic family and in England, you see, this in itself is an eccentricity. Ignatius College, a Jesuit school in London. I played by myself, inventing my own games. I was a loner - can't remember ever having had a playmate. At family gatherings I would sit quietly in a corner, saying nothing. At any rate, I was what is known as a well-behaved child. As I think back upon it, we must have been a rather eccentric little group. What else can I tell you? Well, my family loved the theater. Let's just say he was a rather nervous man. I've heard that your father was very strict.Ī.H. As a matter of fact, my father used to call me his "little lamb without a spot." I truly cannot imagine what it was I did.į.T. The chief of police read it and locked me in a cell for five or ten minutes, saying, "This is what we do to naughty boys."Ī.H. My father sent me to the police station with a note. I must have been about four or five years old. The only thing I know about your childhood is the incident at the police station. Hitchcock, you were born in London on August 13, 1899.
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