The Mark on the Wall
The Mark on the Wall
when does the speaker get up to examine the mark on the wall?
when does the speaker get up to examine the mark on the wall?
The speaker never gets up to look at the mark on the wall. In the story's final lines we learn....
“I’m going out to buy a newspaper.”
“Yes?”
“Though it’s no good buying newspapers.... Nothing ever happens. Curse this war; God damn this war!... All the same, I don’t see why we should have a snail on our wall.”
Ah, the mark on the wall! It was a snail.
The Mark on the Wall