Do not lead her into temptation and you will get what you want, a slim wife. For one they were placeless, unforgiving, untouchables. For the other, heroic despite themselves. Rowlandson in the wilderness watched her child die. She also talked about savages.
Interpretation creates a world, communal space in which to trade quotes like baseball cards.
Meaning is where we find it. A baby screams. Another cries whenever someone leaves the house. Lost beside the Atocha Station track, we cannot find our train. Returning to what front we can't recall, though we suspect it's still there, invisible line pulling us toward a cultural memory of someone else's devising.