Chapter 13 Summary

The morning after the funeral, Dennis and his daughter are at the Long Island house. Dennis goes about his regular routine, quietly performing exercises on the front porch and then fixing breakfast for himself and his daughter. When his daughter joins him on the porch, they discuss the future. Dennis says he will invite family and friends to visit him on Long Island. He will invite Dan Lynch and the Quinns and their neighbors from Rosedale. Dennis will also invite Maeve. His daughter thinks perhaps he says this out of respect for Billy. However, Dennis does invite her and they have a nice time. Slowly over the next seven years they become closer until they wed in 1991.

Chapter 13 Analysis

The theme of faith seems to have come to a close for Dennis. The reader sees him content the day after Billy's funeral, ready...