Chapter 6 Summary

David walks for several days, living off money he has left over from the American (Chapter 3). He thinks of his route to Denmark, which he learned from studying Maria's globe, which takes him to Switzerland, then Germany, then Denmark, and wonders why Giovanni and Elsa felt how they did about him and how he spoke (see "Quotes," p. 135). At one point, David goes into a beautiful church. There he encounters a friendly, gentle priest from whom he learns that there is only one God. The priest tells him that no matter how a person prays, "it's still the same God that hears our prayers". David remembers how different people in the camp spoke of having different gods, and tells the priest that he intends to keep his own god, saying that "you shouldn't change your mind once you've made your choice, for you...