Question

Beholding the wooden arch of this building, the old man was filled with the joy that the pilgrim feels when he first sees the goal of his journey
1. What building is being reffered to here?
2. Why is the old man called a pilgrim?
3. Why is the building the goal of his journey?

Answer 1

1.The postoffice buildingis being reffered to here.2 .because he is going to postoffice daily3.because he is going to there for the letter from her only child Mirriam