Confusion: lots of violence like in Shakespeare's Caesar - a man is being operated on but he can't hear; - Fr. Kits (Roxanne's f-in-law) comes down stairs; I am in charge of the laundry, bookkeeping and cooking but I also KEEP A RECORD OF EVENTS. I see that things get done: Fr. Kits shakes my hand.
Father Andrew in white straw hat shakes my hand; his hand is cold; he embraces me; feel his cold cheek. We WALK DOWNSTAIRS TOGETHER - Father Andrew whispers: The nerve gas has made X (the man) tone deaf, so he cannot hear."
Then we sit at tables; I write but laundry falls on my book - I laugh as I push mountains of laundry aside. I keep writing as I push it back; he laughs too.