▁cast s ▁a ▁shadow ▁over ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁his ▁day ▁as ▁reports ▁on ▁the ▁television ▁change ▁and ▁shift : ▁is ▁it ▁an ▁accident , ▁or ▁terror ism ? ▁ ▁En ▁route ▁to ▁his ▁week ly ▁squ ash ▁game , ▁a ▁traffic ▁di version ▁rem inds ▁Per ow ne ▁of ▁the ▁anti - war ▁protest s ▁occurr ing ▁that ▁day . ▁After ▁being ▁allowed ▁through ▁the ▁di version , ▁he ▁coll ides ▁with ▁another ▁car , ▁dam aging ▁its ▁wing ▁mirror . ▁At ▁first ▁the ▁driver , ▁B ax ter , ▁tries ▁to ▁ext ort ▁money ▁from ▁him . ▁When ▁Per ow ne ▁ref uses , ▁B ax ter ▁and ▁his ▁two ▁compan ions ▁become ▁ag gress ive . ▁Not icing ▁sympt oms ▁in ▁B ax ter ' s ▁behaviour , ▁Per ow ne ▁quickly ▁recogn ises ▁the ▁on set ▁of ▁Hun ting ton ' s ▁disease . ▁Though ▁he ▁is ▁p unch ed ▁in ▁the ▁stern um , ▁Per ow ne ▁man ages ▁to ▁escape ▁un har med ▁by ▁dist ract ing ▁B ax ter ▁with ▁discuss ions ▁of ▁his ▁disease . ▁ ▁Per ow ne ▁goes ▁on ▁to ▁his ▁squ ash ▁match , ▁still ▁thinking ▁about ▁the ▁incident . ▁He ▁los es ▁the ▁long ▁and ▁cont ested ▁game ▁by ▁a ▁technical ity ▁in ▁the ▁final ▁set . ▁After ▁l unch ▁he ▁bu ys ▁some ▁fish ▁from ▁a ▁local ▁fish m ong er ▁for ▁dinner . ▁He ▁vis its ▁his ▁mother , ▁suffering ▁from ▁v asc ular ▁de ment ia , ▁who ▁is