Sixteen years ago, Eileen Doyle’s husband, an engineer, took his four children up for an early morning cup of tea, packing a small case and was never seen or heard of again. 62. ______ Eileen was astonished and in a state of desperate. They 63. ______ had been a happy family and, as far as she knew, there had been something wrong with their marriage. 64. ______ Every day of the year a small group of men and women quietly pack few belongings and without so much 65. ______ as a note or a good-bye close the front door for the last time, leaving off their debts, their worries and their confused 66. ______ families behind them. Last year, more than 1,200 men and nearly as many women were reporting missing from home--the highest in 67. ______ 15 years. Many did return home within a year, but others rejected the past completely and are now living a new life somewhere under a different identity. To those left behind this form of desertion is a terrible blow to his pride and self-confidence. Even the finality of 68. ______ death might be preferable. At least it does not imply rejection or failure. Better than that, people can be left with an 69. ______ unfinished marriage, not knowing whether they will have to wait seven years before they are free to start a fresh life. Clinical psychology Paul Brown believes most 70. ______ departures of this kind to be well planned would rather than 71. ______ impulsive. "It’s typical of the kind of personality which seems able to ignore other people’s pain and difficulties. Running away, like killing yourself, is a highly aggressive act. By creating an absence the people left behind feel guilty, upset and empty.\