Question

“Tom, why didn’t you wake me sooner? Oh, Tom, DON’T! It makes my flesh crawl to hear you. What is the matter?” 

“I forgive you for everything, Sid. (Groan.)

Everything you’ve ever done to me. When I’m gone » 

“Oh, Tom, you aren’t dying, are you?

1. Why did Sid feel that Tom should have woken him sooner?

2. Why did Tom ask forgiveness to Sid for everything he had done to him?

3. “When I’m gone”. What does Tom mean by these words?

Answer 1

1. Sid felt that if Tom had woken him up earlier, he could had prevented Tom’s condition becoming bad.

2. Tom pretended to ask forgiveness as his death bed confession.

3. Tom’s words mean that he would be dead soon.