Cole briefly considers the possibility of taking the skif and returning to the mainland.However,even if he had tried,Edwin had removed the spark plugs form the engine,so it would not have worked.What does this incident tell us about Cole ,Edwin,andGarvey

This tells us that Cole is on a better path now but needs some more work to change. His old habits and mindset still remain. He considers returning to the mainland even though Edwin has removed the sparkplugs. Cole however changes his minds: this time he will do things right.