![]() ![]() She came to church one day and he noticed her and hoped she would come back. He tells the story of his relationship with Lila. He starts to feel a little guilty that he is not speaking to his son as much in these words as writing out what he is struggling with. He wishes he could smooth Jack’s brow and calm away guilt and regret to see what he is dealing with, but this is not theologically acceptable. He is amazed Jack is so surprised that Ames did not warn Lila, like he’d been negligent. He says he was always wary of a settled life and she says it was all she ever wanted.Īmes lies awake and thinks of this. She says Ames never speaks unkindly of him. She says people speak highly of him and he wonders if Ames warned her. She said it took awhile to get comfortable here but he replies that the opposite is the problem: it is like returning to the scene of the crime. ![]() ![]() He says he is restless and will probably be going back to St. Every single one of us is a little civilization built on the ruins of any number of preceding civilizations” (197).Īmes appears to have nodded off but he was still awake. He reflects that everyone has “a separate language in each of us, also a separate aesthetics and a separate jurisprudence. Ames feels like Jack is a son returned home to peace. Ames says he is impressed Jack knows Karl Barth and Jacks laughs and says he tries to crack the code but Ames would be wary of his motives. Ames says he is a great comfort here to his father. Jack walks by in the dark and Ames’s wife joins them. ![]() One quiet night, Ames joins his wife and son on the porch. ![]()
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