Six months earlier he had received news that his former wife had remarried, and he had been deeply saddened. Now she herself came to the prison, sent for him, and gave him alms. They talked for about two minutes, wept a little, and said good-bye forever. I saw his face when he came back to the barrack … Yes, you could learn patience in that place.
ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING. He learned patience in prison, but his wife had impatient passions of her own outside.
A motif: patience
