ABSTRACT
Nicholas accepted the historical fact that his grandfather had died and his grandmother’s deception had had a damaging effect upon his father’s state of mind. It became possible for us both to imagine that the reign of cruelty that had unwittingly followed in the wake of his grandfather’s death and his grandmother’s deception no longer needed to be repeated in Nicholas’s relationship to himself or in his encounters with other people. Parents unconsciously set about trying to console their parents through the means of grandchild double identity. Autistic encapsulation varying descriptions pick up a secret fantasy or alliance that these grandchildren create around their unknown grandparent. It seems clear, that the grandparents footsteps can indeed be heard, whether they are unknown or have been unconsciously repudiated. In many cases, the grandparents are in secret hiding places and need to brought out if their grandchildren are to be free from carrying the pain of their death.
