Come together from different directions

"The idea of darkness seemed to sweep him back to her, postponing from moment to moment his entry into the world of guilt and sorrow." Segregation is the main point in this story. Caroline and julian are different yet they become one with each other without knowing it. Caroline was a black woman who  was very thick headed. "she continued to go on as if she has not heard him" Julian was a young boy who was introduced to guilt in this story by the end.