It angers me that the adults know what's going on with Mrs Mandragorn, but none of them have anything to say other than make fun of Davey. They're quite happy to spend his money, but they're not interested in standing up for him, or finding reassuring or encouraging things to say to help him feel better or shield him from the abuse. It was a different time, I get that ... but it's still abuse. As for his family, they're just indulging in a different form of abuse ... financial abuse. So angry, I don't want to print the word I have in mind to describe them.