Poor Homer Barron
“…with only a doddering Negro man to wait on her. We did not even know she was sick; we had long since given up trying to get any information from the Negro.
He talked to no one, probably not even to her, for his voice had grown harsh and rusty, as if from disuse....then he disappeared. He walked right through the house and out the back and was not seen again.”
-"A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner
Yet, the servant had not run away at all. He simply concealed himself, along with all of Miss Emily's secrets....
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He talked to no one, probably not even to her, for his voice had grown harsh and rusty, as if from disuse....then he disappeared. He walked right through the house and out the back and was not seen again.”
-"A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner
Yet, the servant had not run away at all. He simply concealed himself, along with all of Miss Emily's secrets....
An entry in this contest.