At the end of the story, the narrator encounters a heavy-equipment salesman on his flight from Newfoundland back to “the heartland.” When the flight lands, the narrator watches as the salesman is happily reunited with his wife and his two children, demanding, “What did you bring me?” Though the salesman features only briefly, his family life, which appears joyful and fulfilling, underscores the abject loss that the narrator has experienced—he has found out his lover is dead, determined that he will be unable to remain in contact with her family in Newfoundland, and once and for all relinquished any claim to fatherhood.
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The salesman’s wife stands waiting along with two small children who are the first to see him. They race toward him with their arms outstretched. “Daddy, Daddy,” they cry, “what did you bring me? What did you bring me?”
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The Salesman Quotes in The Lost Salt Gift of Blood
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The salesman’s wife stands waiting along with two small children who are the first to see him. They race toward him with their arms outstretched. “Daddy, Daddy,” they cry, “what did you bring me? What did you bring me?”
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