Which sentence from the excerpt from "the open boat" represents a moment of author reflection in which the author conveys a message to the reader?

In the section the deciding pitch what is the narrators point of view on how th pitcher feels about the upcoming event

What is sue’s reaction to her phone call

One conclusion that a reader might draw from the excerpt from "there's a man in the habit of hitting me on the head with an umbrella" is that the man with the umbrella is persistent in his mission. provide two details from the text to support this conclusion.