The Dial, 1941-1804-1941; Letter Dated 17 November 1997; Falling in Love Summary

In "The Dial...," Safran is to be married, but first he meets with a young woman who is not his fiancée and she gives him her panties to be used as a hanky. Safran then goes to kneel before the dial before continuing on to the synagogue. More than a hundred years before this day, Brod begs her husband not to go to work at the flour mill. Every year a man dies at the flour mill, and Brod does not want The Kolker to be one of them. They have been married three years and Brod is pregnant with their child. They fell in love the night of Yankel's death when The Kolker refused to leave Brod's side. In fact, The Kolker helped...