Danny and Reuven talked about Danny’s brother and how sick he was. They also talked about how he would have to take pills for the rest of his life. Reuven asked about Danny’s sister, Danny told him that his sister had been betrothed when she was two years old. Later that week Reuven and his father left for the cottage near Peekskill. While the were gone American dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. That September Reuven and Danny entered college.