The trip back to Deven is depressing and the bad weather highlights the tone as Gene describes the two main places he went, the First Academic building and the tree. Gene describes the Academic Building as a red brick building the same as all the rest with one difference. “A large cupola and a bell and a clock and Latin over the doorway.” Gene mentions this as what distinguishes the First Academic Building from the rest of the buildings. Then Gene mentions the stairs and how hard the marble is. “ I had overlooked this crucial fact” Gene refers to how hard the marble is as a crucial fact, but we have yet to find out why it’s so important. The way Gene can identify the tree is through the scars on the trunk of the tree. The other way Gene confirms his assumption is by the branch over the river. We do know that the branch is important because that is what the boy’s used to jump into the river, which was a sign that you were more fit to be in the army. Although Gene’s journey back to his school was bleak and gloomy the two places he went and the artifacts he noticed will probably have great meaning in the book.
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