sty and old.
             Before visitors turn up, he wants warning, so he can have time to clear away all her things 'He'd put you off an hour to give him time to clear away her things and look alone'. The father seems embarrassed that he is still holding onto his wife's belongings. He acts like ' love were such a crime.' In his own mind he is sure his wife will come back, 'he knew she'd just popped out to get the tea.' The father does not want to move on in life, or does not choose to believe life ends with death like his son does.
             Harrison calls attention to his matter of fact belief. 'I believe that life ends with death and that is all'. He knows that his parents haven't both gone shopping, and 'both' implies that his father is now dead too. However, even though he knows his parents are dead, he still writes their numbers in his address book, and calls their disconnected numbers. The black leather address book has been
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