Jim has gone to seeÁntonia at the Shimerda's farm, where she looks thin and worn down. They have a warm, pleasant conversation, and as Jim goes to leave, Ántoniatells him that his presence remains with her on the prairie, just as her father's does. As Jim walks away, he imagines a boy and girl running alongside him––the ghosts (or "shadows," continuing the novel's imagery of light) of his andÁntonia's childhood selves. This image emphasizes the way in which the past remains part of the present. Just asÁntonia feels Jim's lingering presence in the prairie, so does Jim imagine that he…