MDDM ch.67: "Yet, does it live" (657.13)

[Terrance]

Doug Millison wrote:
> 
> When doesn't he?  

He never does. The only example I can come up with of a possible
wavering on Dixon's part, as regards his religious convictions,  is in a
Dixon narrative retrospective: he's a bit depressed after his father's
death and he doesn't know what to do with himself. He turns, but not to
grace at first, but inward, mapping a private world. But the fellowship
of men at the Jolly Pitman, tales of his father's labor and life, bring
him out of his solipsistic melancholy. This scene, I think, can be read
next to Mason's meeting with his father. It is also this turning that
gets Dixon out on the coal ship where he is visited by the Indians. 


Quite confusingly, Mason and Dixon cross each other's
> boundaries  (spiritual, intellectual) often in the book.  

Agreed. 


I don't have time
> now to go through and cite chapter and verse -- lots of this was discussed
> the first time around -- but if you're interested, you could cite the text
> if you think my suggestion is "wrong".

Not that you are wrong, but I can't provide an example to support your
claim. 
The best way, of course, is for you to provide an example of Dixon's
wavering when you can.