▁c ared ▁for ▁in ▁a ▁n urs ing ▁home . ▁ ▁After ▁a ▁visit ▁to ▁his ▁son ' s ▁re he ars al , ▁Per ow ne ▁returns ▁home ▁to ▁cook ▁dinner , ▁and ▁the ▁evening ▁news ▁rem inds ▁him ▁of ▁the ▁gr ander ▁arc ▁of ▁events ▁that ▁surr ound ▁his ▁life . ▁When ▁D ais y , ▁his ▁daughter , ▁arriv es ▁home ▁from ▁Paris , ▁the ▁two ▁passion ately ▁debate ▁the ▁coming ▁war ▁in ▁Ira q . ▁His ▁father - in - law ▁arriv es ▁next . ▁D ais y ▁recon c iles ▁an ▁earlier ▁literary ▁disag re ement ▁that ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁fro ide ur ▁with ▁her ▁mat ernal ▁grand father ; ▁remember ing ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁he ▁who ▁had ▁inspired ▁her ▁love ▁of ▁literature . ▁Per ow ne ' s ▁son ▁The o ▁returns ▁next . ▁ ▁Ros al ind , ▁Per ow ne ' s ▁wife , ▁is ▁the ▁last ▁to ▁arrive ▁home . ▁As ▁she ▁enters , ▁B ax ter ▁and ▁an ▁accomp lice ▁' N ige ' ▁force ▁their ▁way ▁in ▁armed ▁with ▁kn ives . ▁B ax ter ▁p unch es ▁the ▁grand father , ▁int im id ates ▁the ▁family ▁and ▁orders ▁D ais y ▁to ▁strip ▁n aked . ▁When ▁she ▁does , ▁Per ow ne ▁not ices ▁that ▁she ▁is ▁pre gn ant . ▁F inding ▁out ▁she ▁is ▁a ▁poet , ▁B ax ter ▁asks ▁her ▁to ▁rec ite ▁a ▁poem . ▁R ather ▁than ▁one ▁of ▁her ▁own , ▁she