The old man >< Alice, Lucy
- Feel powerless and lonely and then cry:
"His eyes stung, and he went out on to the veranda. Wet spread down over his chin and he took out a handkerchief and mopped his whole face. The garden was empty." (p.12)
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The old man >< himself
- It is not easy to him to accept
"the old man reassured himself, feeling his throat clotted with tears" (15)