Smoke Summary

Trudy knows something is upsetting Edgar, and she tries to get him to talk about it. Edgar isn't happy having Claude around. She explains to Edgar that Claude is coming to stay for a while.

Edgar is also coming to realize that knows Claude has killed Gar.

Smoke Analysis

Edgar begins to understand that Claude has contributed in some way -directly or indirectly- to Gar's death. Further vexing Edgar is the understanding that Claude will actually be coming to stay at the farm for a while.