Ngokusekelwe kulesi sigaba, uBriony usho ukuthini lapho ethi esiphethweni: ""Ngithanda ukucabanga ukuthi akulona ubuthakathaka noma ukugwema, kodwa isenzo sokugcina somusa, ukuma ngokumelene nokukhohlwa nokuphelelwa yithemba, ukuvumela abathandi bami ukuba baphile futhi babahlanganise ekugcineni".
Context:Ingxenye yokugcina, enesihloko esithi "London 1999", ilandiswa nguBriony uqobo ngesimo sokungena kwedayari. Manje eneminyaka engu-77 ubudala, ungumbhali wenoveli ophumelelayo osanda kutholakala ukuthi unesifo sokuwohloka kwemizwa, ngakho ubhekene nokuwohloka okusheshayo kwengqondo. Umfundi uthola ukuthi uBriony ungumlobi wezingxenye ezandulele zenoveli. UBriony uhambela iphathi yokuhlonipha yena ekhaya lomndeni wakwaTallis, lapho izingane zakwaTallis ezandisiwe zenza khona iThe Trials of Arabella, umdlalo uBriony oneminyaka engu-13 ubudala awubhalile futhi wazama ukungaphumeleli ukuwudlala nabazala bakhe ehlobo lika-1935. ULeon noPierrot bayahlanganyela, uJackson useneminyaka eyishumi nanhlanu eshonile, futhi uLola uyaphila kodwa akahlanganyeli. Ekugcineni, uBriony wembula kumfundi ukuthi uRobbie Turner wabulawa yi-septicemia emabhishi aseDunkirk, ukuthi uCecilia wabulawa ezinyangeni eziningana kamuva lapho ibhomu libhubhisa isiteshi sesitimela esingaphansi komhlaba iBalham ngesikhathi seBlitz, nokuthi indaba kaBriony yokubona kwabo ndawonye ngo-1940 kwakuyizinto ezenziwe. UBriony waya emshadweni kaLola noPaul Marshall, kodwa uyavuma ukuthi "wayeyigwala" kakhulu ukuvakashela uCecilia osanda kushonelwa ukuze alungise. Le noveli, athi iyiqiniso ngaphandle kokuthi uRobbie noCecilia baphinde bahlangana, kuwumzamo wakhe wokuphila konke "wokubuyisana" ngalokho akwenza kubo. UBriony ulungisa ukuphela kwakhe okujabulisayo ngokuqamba amanga ngokuthi akaboni ukuthi kungasiza ngani ukunikeza abafundi indaba "engenasihe". Uyabhala, "Ngithanda ukucabanga ukuthi akubona ubuthakathaka noma ukugwema, kodwa isenzo sokugcina somusa, ukuma ngokumelene nokukhohlwa nokuphelelwa yithemba, ukuvumela abathandi bami baphile futhi ngibahlanganise ekugcineni".
Ngokusekelwe kulesi siqephu, uBriony uyachaza, njengombalisi wenoveli, ukuthi kungani aqamba ingxenye yendaba ebandakanya ukuhlangana kukaRobbie noCecilia.