The week I was to present this lesson I was winding toward the end of The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens. As I cruised over page after page Dickens wrapped up person after person. I read of Kit’s release from the pains of Quilp’s injustice. I found out Quilp’s conclusion and the collapse of his co-conspirator’s: Sampson and Sally Brass. It was pleasing to see the bleakness lift as suffering resolved.
There was a problem, however, that continued to raise its head in my mind.