He later understood that it was his duty to fight in the war for his country. Once he joins the war and Editha learns he has too much to drink, she returns to her former way of manipulating as she responds to George: "promise me that you'll never touch it again" (90). Before George leaves, he leaves Editha with a task of looking after his mother. George dies at war and Editha recalls her duty to tend her late fiancé’s mother. But when she goes to speak to George’s mother, Editha is chastised for persuading George to go to war. Here, we see the ideals of duty according to Editha were not the same as George's, and there was consequence because of it. Since he loved her, he had to