Joe's wanderings had brought him to Jefferson, where he heard about Miss Burden’s property.
Waiting until nightfall, he got into the kitchen through an open window and, ate some leftover field peas.
When he heard Miss Burden approach, he did not run.
When she appeared, she told him that he was free to finish his meal.
Though they were lovers, Joe and Miss Burden had a strange and distant relationship.
They talked little.
She left food on the kitchen table for him but rarely visited him when he came in to eat.
During the day, Joe never ventured beyond the kitchen, but at night he went to Miss Burden’s bedroom, where she waited for him.
When she set out a full meal for him, Joe entered the house and smashed the dishes against the wall, as he had done with his foster mother.
After getting a job at the mill, Joe continued to live in the cabin but neither entered the main house and thus didn't see Miss Burden for months.
One September evening, he returned to the cabin to find her seated on his cot. She told him her life story, going on for hours.
She told about her grandfather and brother, who were killed by a local man, Colonel Sartoris, because of a disagreement concerning black voting rites. When Miss Burden finished and it was Joe’s turn to speak, all he was able to say was that one of his anonymous parents was part black.
Waiting until nightfall, he got into the kitchen through an open window and, ate some leftover field peas.
When he heard Miss Burden approach, he did not run.
When she appeared, she told him that he was free to finish his meal.
Though they were lovers, Joe and Miss Burden had a strange and distant relationship.
They talked little.
She left food on the kitchen table for him but rarely visited him when he came in to eat.
During the day, Joe never ventured beyond the kitchen, but at night he went to Miss Burden’s bedroom, where she waited for him.
When she set out a full meal for him, Joe entered the house and smashed the dishes against the wall, as he had done with his foster mother.
After getting a job at the mill, Joe continued to live in the cabin but neither entered the main house and thus didn't see Miss Burden for months.
One September evening, he returned to the cabin to find her seated on his cot. She told him her life story, going on for hours.
She told about her grandfather and brother, who were killed by a local man, Colonel Sartoris, because of a disagreement concerning black voting rites. When Miss Burden finished and it was Joe’s turn to speak, all he was able to say was that one of his anonymous parents was part black.
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Joe's wanderings brought him to Jefferson
...as he had done with his foster mother. - Do you mean he had smashed her aginst the wall?
... but NEVER entered the main house and thus didn't see Miss Burden for months.
... black voting riGHTS ...