A Separate Peace

What does Finny mean that he had a feeling bout the fall?

The book, A Separate Peace.

This is in the beginning of the book when Gene and Finny are climbing the tree and Gene builds up all of this anger and ends up "pushing" Finny off of the tree.

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In Chapter 5 Gene finally gets to talk about the "accident". There is some passive aggressive verbal sparring between the two. In the end Finny alludes to thinking that there was more to Gene's part in the fall but stops short of accusing him. This sets the stage for the intense guilt that haunts Gene for the rest of the novel and the very dependant relationship the boys develop.

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