safely, he fell and broke his other leg. They get the wrestling coach, who knew first aid and eventually the doctor who took him away to the infirmary. They carried Finny out in a chair which reminded Gene of an "tragic, exalted personage." Gene, who was in a very unstable state of mind went to the infirmary and stood outside Finny's window while the Doctor and wrestling coach do a little work on Finny, by now Gene is hysterical, he can't stop laughing, he just can't. After the Doctor leaves and it is just Finny in the room, Gene jumps up to the window and tries to talk to Finny but Finny reacts in anger saying "come to break more of my bones," but Gene has the sense to stay outside and he finally says "Finny, I'm sorry." Over and over again: "Finny I'm Sorry." Gene makes his way to the stadium and falls asleep under the bleachers. The next morning he wakes up and returns to his room to find a note on the door asking him to bring Finny's clothes and toilet articles to the infirmary, so he packs them and brings them to Finny. When he got there a phrase came to mind: "this is it" very appropriate for the challenge he now faces. Gene enters and places the suitcase on Finny's bed, Finny sorts through his things quietly and than says to gene that he has tried to enlist in every branch of the army. but because of his leg, no branch will take him. Gene replies to him that he would be no good in the army because he would confuse everybody and doesn't have the heart to kill. At this point Finny has a 100% realization that Gene intentionally had caused the accident at the tree and he tells him "you have already shown me, I believe you." Those are Finny's last words to Gene symbolizing the forgiveness that has taken place. Gene later returns to the infirmary and the doctor tells him that finny has died, his heart was stopped by a piece of bone marrow, and that he died peacefully. Finny never cried, not then, not at the funeral, because he was an ...
