Jonas came to this isolated place after losing his wife
and daughters Emily and Lucy something he had never
got over. On pages 34-5 his new friend mentions a dream
about two sisters of the same names. This provokes sadness,
but it also marked the moment when his grief was subsumed:
"The love he had known had not been erased....nor his
grieving, for he lived now not only for himself, but for each
soul who had been joined to his."
Many people have occasion to grieve but happy is the one
who takes that tremendous step from Death to Love.
I hesitate to reply to your comments, Larry, since you are doing so well on your own, but in two comments, you've already picked out the warp and weft of my cloth. I think you've figured out the story way before I did.
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