The “all will be well” he pronounces does a bit of a dance between the kind of typical language we might all use with our neighbours (“don’t worry, it’ll be ok”), and something that rubs up against prophecy. This brings me to the comparison he makes for himself in the fina...
do not have long life-spans. You know he’s doomed the second that Dr. Stevens observes: “Many’s the time I’ve had to tell him not to work all night – to go home to his wife and children”. But, as Bell experiences the mental breakdown that kills him, he delivers (in the ...