TGM 5

Amanda finally asked him to leave in anger. She did not realize that Tom would actually flee the house that night and never return. Like his father, he escapes his coffin. In contrast, a nail nicks Tom again and again. Tom narrates, "The window is filled with pieces of colored glass, tiny transparent bottles in delicate colors, like bits of a shattered rainbow. Then all at once my sister touches my shoulder (1289)." He cannot release his memories of his sister. He unconsciously reminds himself of his sister. He asks for the Laura's intercession to "blow your [her] candles out(1289)!" He desires to remove all memories of his past life to explore the future, yet he cannot let go of the past.