Chapter 4, The Just Man of the Flies, Part 3 Summary

Mordecai picks up Ernie, carries him home, and puts him to bed himself. Mordecai locks the door and reads once again the Levy history of the Lamed-Vovnik. He stops to evaluate whether Ernie has any greater understanding than in previous readings and alters his style to meet Ernie's understanding. Ernie seems to understand that he may be the next Just Man and he asks his grandfather what a Just Man does with his life, but Mordecai answers calmly that if Ernie really is a Just Man, one day he will just begin to glow.

Ernie goes through a strange episode where he has visions—Ernie tells Frau Tusznski of his vision that all is well because he is a Lamed-Vovnik. Ernie is caught in the throes of his...