Joseph Lancaster also joined Violet Zimmerman for a meal; with the older brother at work, only the two of them sat at the dining table.
In fact, Violet greatly admired her brother-in-law Joseph Lancaster; despite what had transpired between them, his face showed no guilt. He remained as composed as before, helping her with the soup and even meticulously removing the bones from the fish.
"You can eat it now."
Joseph Lancaster raised his bowl, placing a piece of deboned fish into Violet's bowl. Staring at the piece of fish with bits of Joseph's rice clinging to it, Violet hesitated for quite a while without moving.
Joseph continued shoveling rice into his mouth, watching the woman staring at the fish, and said with a laugh as he set down his bowl, "Think I'm dirty? Don't worry, I don't have any contagious diseases."
