When we see something dimmed in the dark, we do at times take it for something else. Then we turn on the light to find that it's only broomstick or a lamp. We also turn the light back off to create the mood or further the feeling even if it was a sad one. This story is truely an amazing combination of intamacy and how our inner conceince can spark up a memory with just trinket. I at first questioned as to why a cute little young woman would be married to an old coot in the first place, only to discover that her dependence on him is that of a father that she never had or once loved and lost. She herself is psychologically questionable regarding her behavior which enhances more interest and unusual realism to the story.

What is in the jar, maybe the fear and imagination of the viewer.