. . .

That is how the wolf passes itself down to Jordis Vaenwodesdottir; and through her into the keeping of Nordri Gullwing; and so on down the line and years of family to reach Edmund Gulley, a giant of twentieth-century industry, at the last.
Edmund Gulley will not free the wolf. He cannot free the wolf. But it is almost over.
In the moment the wolf meets young Edmund Gulley, it has an intimation of its savior. It knows its chains will be broken, that it will find its freedom, at the hands of Edmund’s son.