The Night Watchman: The Lake, the Well, the Crickets Singing in the Grass Summary & Analysis

In the hospital bed, Thomas drifts back and forth in time. He thinks of when Patrice swam up to his boat in the lake and the fear he felt when he and Biboon had dug a well, afraid the earth would give way beneath him and swallow him up. But now, he isn’t afraid. Now, it doesn’t matter. Nothing can harm him. There is nothing left to do, and he doesn’t have to go back to Washington.