:53:22
Hmm.
:53:29
"'The marrow of his bone, '
I repeated aimlessly.
:53:33
"This, at last, penetrated my mind.
:53:35
"Phineas had died
from the marrow of his bone...
:53:38
"flowing down his bloodstream
to his heart.
:53:42
"I did not cry then or ever about Finny.
:53:45
"I did not cry even when I stood...
:53:48
"watching him being lowered into
his family's strait-laced burial ground...
:53:52
"outside of Boston.
:53:54
"I could not escape the feeling
that this was my own funeral...
:53:57
and you do not cry in that case. "
:54:01
Should I keep reading
the next chapter, Mr. Raymond?
:54:04
Uh, no, no.
We'll pick up there Monday.
:54:52
One new message.
:54:55
Hello, Miles. It's Maya.
:54:59
Thanks for your letter.