The shock of sudden death of Mr. Hale crushes Mr. Bell, rendering him unable to bring the sad news to Margaret himself. He is forced to delegate the terrible duty to the only one he can entrust it: his friend and tenant Mr. Thornton.

A short, non-fiction essay detailing research into intellectuals such as aestheticist Alain Locke, philosopher Claude Levi-Strauss and psychologist Robert Williams II regarding cultural relativism and how its tenets can be used to generate intercultural understanding and exchange.