It is interesting to read your replies regarding Seymour's suicide, just as much I find it interesting to notice what you don't write about: how could he shout himself in the room where his wife was sleeping? Jennifer.B.Unger@kp.ORG wrote: "But why didn't he take the gun, find a secluded spot on the beach, and do it there?" "(...) wanted her to wake up to the sight of his head blown to bits all over the hotel room? "The thought of him putting a bullet through his brilliant (albeit tortured) brain bothers me immensely, but so does the thought of what Muriel will have to face when she wakes up." Regards Sigmund