<P> Scene Five - In the final scene Loomis and Zonia leave the boardinghouse as it is Saturday . Bertha tells Mattie that all she needs in life is love and laughing - which they all start to do . Then Martha Pentecost ( Loomis ) enters with Selig looking for Loomis and Zonia . Loomis reenters with Zonia and he recounts the last decade of his life ; his search for her and the heartache it has caused him . Martha tells him that she has moved on with her life because she could n't wait for him any longer . Martha also reveals that she had Bynum put a binding spell on her and Zonia and that is why they have come to find each other . Loomis goes into a rage and pulls out a knife . He denounces his Christian background and slashes his chest . The stage directions read `` Having found his song , the song of self - sufficiency , fully resurrected , cleansed and given breath , free from any encumbrance other than the workings of his own heart and the bonds of the flesh , having accepted the responsibility for his own presence in the world , he is free to soar above the environs that weighed and pushed his spirit into terrifying contractions . '' He leaves and the play ends with Bynum yelling `` Herald Loomis , you shining ! You shining like new money ! '' </P>
<P> Scene Five - In the final scene Loomis and Zonia leave the boardinghouse as it is Saturday . Bertha tells Mattie that all she needs in life is love and laughing - which they all start to do . Then Martha Pentecost ( Loomis ) enters with Selig looking for Loomis and Zonia . Loomis reenters with Zonia and he recounts the last decade of his life ; his search for her and the heartache it has caused him . Martha tells him that she has moved on with her life because she could n't wait for him any longer . Martha also reveals that she had Bynum put a binding spell on her and Zonia and that is why they have come to find each other . Loomis goes into a rage and pulls out a knife . He denounces his Christian background and slashes his chest . The stage directions read `` Having found his song , the song of self - sufficiency , fully resurrected , cleansed and given breath , free from any encumbrance other than the workings of his own heart and the bonds of the flesh , having accepted the responsibility for his own presence in the world , he is free to soar above the environs that weighed and pushed his spirit into terrifying contractions . '' He leaves and the play ends with Bynum yelling `` Herald Loomis , you shining ! You shining like new money ! '' </P>
what weapon does herald loomis have at the end of the play
what weapon does herald loomis have at the end of the play
a knife
a knife