though, by conveying respect and fellowship for his brother, which would seem fitting for a son brought out after years of neglect from a father. Although Edmund seems sincere, his true conviction is to play both sides of the coin. Edmund also goes to Edgar to warn him of their father's desire to apprehend him for his plans to kill their father. After warning Edgar of the danger, Edmund tells his brother of a place to go that will be safe, and tells Edgar, "I am no honest man if there be any good meaning toward you. I have told you what I have seen and heard" (KL 1.2.176-178). He again shows love for family that he hardly knows, in keeping with his "sincerity," even swearing on his honesty as a man to Edgar. He is truly a bastard by every right, a schemer with no honor. Edmund even ridicules the acceptance of his honor by Edgar, "He suspects none; on whose foolish honesty my practices ride easy" (KL 1.2.185-186).
             Jess's reentrance into the lives of his family and neighbors, opposed to the initial entrance of Edmund, is shrouded in a mystery of where he had been, what he had done, and the unmentionable aspects of Jess that are present in the community of Zebulon County. Ginny sees Jess Clark's homecoming as a chance to see "Jess Clark break through the surface of everything that hadn't been said about him over the years" (Smiley 7). Unlike Edmund who is the younger, bastard son of his father, Jess Clark is the eldest of Harold Clark's two sons. He, rather than using his homecoming as a way to ga
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