The Lincoln Highway: 6. Woolly Summary & Analysis

Woolly dislikes Manhattan and wants to go right to Sarah’s house, but he accepts that Duchess wants to see Mr. Hewett. Duchess leaves Woolly in the lobby of a hotel, and through the window Woolly sees a stranger who he mistakes for the man he saw feeding the birds. The stranger approaches Woolly and offers to sell him newspapers from the past few days, which appeals to Woolly, who finds these papers less intimidating than the urgent, self-important newspapers of the current day. He looks through the papers and finds a photograph of a city street, and he takes comfort in the stillness and emptiness of the street in the picture.