Frank is, of course, delirious; way past Cloud Nine. All the relatives get a call, even the ones he doesn't like (especially the ones he doesn't like, is my guess) .
Mr Erard is elegiac as he describes glances, hand squeezes and gestures, and the sometimes upsetting cries, moans and delirious talk that are often the final communication of the dying.
Was Filipe driven to kill by delirious dreams and visions of the virgin mary? Or was the violence political in nature a revengeful rampage against the Anglo-oppressor?