We Have Always Lived in the Castle: Flashbacks 1 key example

Uncle Julian, who survived the poisoning that killed other members of the Blackwood family, suffers from various physical and health ailments. Though he has a poor memory and often forgets important facts, he frequently reflects upon the past and lingers in his own uncertain memories. While Constance gardens, he describes the poisoned breakfast as a vivid and detailed flashback: 

“It was a fine morning,” Uncle Julian said, his voice going on and on, “a fine bright morning, and none of them knew it was their last. She was downstairs first, my niece Constance. I woke up and heard her moving in the kitchen—I slept upstairs then, I could still go upstairs, and I slept with my wife in our room—and I thought, this is a fine morning, never dreaming then that it was their last. Then I heard my nephew—no, it was my brother; my brother came downstairs first after Constance. I heard him whistling. Constance?”

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