Miss MacIntosh, My Darling discussion

Chpt 26 page 315

Outward reality -v- inward

The brothers identical in form, but not so beneath the surface..

The dead brother living only in the moment, in the present, Spitzer dealing with the dead, with the past, with legacy and testaments.

What do we make of Mr Spitzer's silent compositions? Is it simply another example of the paradox - music without sound?

He is accused by the Mother of being absent when he is present...