"Loneliness can cause you do to strange things"
...ted her believing no one was good enough for this daughter. So when her father died she had no one. The town people wanted to pity her, but she held her head high. When Homer Barron came into her life, shortly after her father died, the town folk talked even more. They did not think she would have an interest in a Yankee, much less one who liked men. However, she started being seen riding around town with him on Sunday afternoons. She had even bought toiletry items with his initials on it. So that did it, the town people were happy. They had finally gotten married. But then Homer disappeared. Times had changed and the newer generation had taken hold or the town, but Emily refused to participate. She had shut herself up in her house. Folks started complaining, but no one knew what to do. It seems this town was al...