AFTER THE FUNERAL

Why had Suz seized and salvaged the manuscripts, then on an impulse entrusted them to Dorothy instead? And above all why had Mama kept these papers, if she had not believed there was some value in them? AFTER Mama passed away(See Mama Bellissima,)her daughters sort through her things and are surprised to discover that instead of jewels on top of Mama's armoire laid several bags filled with Pap's manuscripts. The daughters are astonished to discover their father's true nature in these novels, plays and letters. The puzzle of why Mama had kept the manuscripts a secret will also be resolved by the end of this story. That was Mama’s special gift and tour de force to offer Papa's writings as the girls's genuine, inherited jewels.