[Metaphorically, his own spirit is drowning in the waters.] The water dissolves and serves as a transition into he next scene.The next morning, his wife tenderly caresses his head and covers him with a bedspread.He wakes up and sits upright, imagining he bulrushes have been exposed.While his wife feeds the chickens (and their chicks) outside, he stares at her and fantasizes that he vamp is caressing and embracing him in more super-imposed shots.The humiliated mistress of the evening hurriedly leaves, thoroughly self-conscious.With self-deprecating innocence and charm after being caught as an unfaithful adulterer, Schindler flatters his wife: "You look wonderful...he took the secret with him"), at his barred jail window, Powell gives thanks to his Lord delivering his prayer as he holds his switchblade between his hands.Meanwhile, Dolarhyde had sought to locate Reba, and found her speaking to a co-worker named Ralph Mandy (Frank Whaley) at her doorstep after they had gone out for dinner.From the start of the picture, its clever screenplay by James Ashmore Creelman and Ruth Rose (based on a story by Merian C.