Notes
1. The title, The Faithful Man, and the opening paragraph, and the final sentence, are inspired by Ernest CitationHemingway's short story, The Faithful Bull.
2. I am indebted for the records of weather prognoses to CitationTony Bannister, Victorian Regional Office, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne in his report, “Modelling challenges from the Black Saturday 2009 event.” www.cawcr.gov.au/publication/technicalreports/CTR_017.pdf
3. My use of the English word ‘faithful’ is based on a wider than usual meaning. From the Hebrew, emunah, it means standing firm, holding to one's life values, even in the face of overwhelming odds.
4. CitationAnna Sewell. Black Beauty. Chapter 16: The Fire. Online Literature Project. 2000– 2011. http://www.literatureproject.com/blackbeauty/index.htm
5. And out of the flood of faceless and timeless presence and the following 7 lines, are directly inspired by CitationBuber, Martin. I and Thou. New York: Touchstone, 1996. p. 59.