# LI: The Last Day of the Visit (Continued) explained — The Wonderful Visit

> Chapter companion for The Wonderful Visit by H. G. Wells.

## What happens

The Angel returns to find the Vicarage ablaze. A girl has entered the burning building to retrieve his fiddle. Moved by this act of love and self-sacrifice, the Angel rushes into the fire, disappearing behind a falling, incandescent mass.

## Themes in this chapter

### Love and Sacrifice

The girl's attempt to save the Angel's fiddle and the Angel's own rush into the fire highlight selfless love and sacrifice.

### The Universality of Suffering

The fire, the girl's entrapment, and the Angel's final act underscore the pervasive suffering in the human world.

## Character check-ins

### The Angel

Returns to the burning Vicarage, learns of the girl's sacrifice, and rushes into the flames.

### The Vicar

Present at the fire, his scalded hand being tied up; sees the Angel enter the doorway.

### Doctor Crump

Also witnesses the Angel's final moment against the blaze.

## Key lines

> She went in, said one voice, she went in. The mad girl! said another.

A woman entered the burning house, and the crowd called her crazy.

_The girl's reckless bravery is initially dismissed as madness._

> I can get his fiddle. I heerd her—Just like that! I can get his fiddle.

A bystander recalls the girl saying she could retrieve the Angel's violin.

_Her motivation was to save the Angel's cherished instrument._

> Then in a flash he saw it all, saw this grim little world of battle and cruelty, transfigured in a splendour that outshone the Angelic Land, suffused suddenly and insupportably glorious with the wonderful light of love and self-sacrifice.

The Angel suddenly understood that this world of suffering was illuminated by a beauty greater than heaven, the light of love and sacrifice.

_The Angel perceives the profound meaning of human selflessness._

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