The Harland's Honeymoon Quilt & D&M's Child

[Thomas Eckhardt]

Terrance wrote:

>Events happen quickly in this
>marriage, for already they have given birth to a child, symbolically of
>course: "Throwing aside the quilt, there lay the tomahawk sleeping by
>the savage's side, as if it were a hatchet-faced baby."

Yes, and the important thing is: The tomahawk is not only a tomahawk but also, at the same time, a  pipe. Symbolical significance galore. Think coffin/life-buoy.

Thomas