Cat’s Cradle: Chapter 82 Summary & Analysis

Frank doesn’t appear turn up for dinner. He talks to John on the phone and explains he is keeping “vigil” by “Papa” Monzano’s bed. John tries to ask what it is that Frank needs to speak to him about. Frank can only reply, cryptically, that it is about “something you’re going to do.” John asks Frank for a hint; Frank’s reply is “Zah-ma-ki-bo.” John learns from Julian that this means “fate – inevitable destiny.”