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Something Wicked This Way Comes Innocence Quotes

How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #10

Will slapped, Jim slapped, Dad slapped the semaphore signal base at the same instant.

Exultant, they banged a trio of shouts down the wind. (54.147-54.148)

This bothered us a bit. So that's it? Dad gets to run like a boy, Jim is fine, and the three of them live happily ever after? We thought the boys were supposed to have grown up by the end of the novel, but this looks to us like a tribute to the triumph of boyhood innocence.