"'God knows what she meant.'" Page 108
The purpose of the apostrophe is the illustrate the degree to which Tommy is confused about the word "evidence" in this specific context. Tommy declares God as to be knowledgeable of this "evidence" because Tommy knows that few things are revealed around Hailsham to the students. I think the author intended to create this confusion with Tommy to create suspense. The fact that Tommy and Kathy are wholly confused about what Miss Lucy said makes the reader all the more confused. This will tightly grasp the readers attention because it is obvious that this "evidence" is significant. If it weren't so, why would the author include it in the dialogue on page 108? The reader is intrigued about the significance and excited about the revelation of this significance later in the novel. Saying that only the creator of the universe knows only increases the mystique.
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