To analyze...

*Note the various references to religion. "Christ. Chirst." and, "No one bothered with Church."

*If Arnold Friend's sunglasses were mirror tinted, how did Connie know that his eyes were blue and "were like shards of glass"? Hint: Connie is seeing her own eyes.

*If you remove the letter "R" from Arnold Friend.. Check out what you get.
ARNOLD FRIEND

AN OLD FIEND.

*Three times in the story, flies are mentioned. If you've ever read the story "Lord Of The Flies".. who is the fly? The devil.

*"Now, these numbers are a secret code, honey," Arnold Friend explained. He read off the numbers 33, 19, 17 and raised his eyebrows at her to see what she thought of that, but she didn't think much of it."
--- Judges 19: 16-17 " That evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was living in Gibeah (the men of the place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the fields. When he looked and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, "Where are you going? Where did you come from?"


Just something to ponder.
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