 Almost uniquely for Beckett's male characters, Belacqua shows a marked enthusiasm for the state of matrimony, marrying in quick succession Lucy, Thelma bboggs, and the Smeraldina Rima.The final story, "Draff," centres on his funeral.At the suggestion of his Chatto editor, Charles Prentice, Beckett added another story, '"Echo's Bones," to the manuscript.