s willing to marry the lower-class Yankees. This action is considered to be the “disgrace to the town and a bad example to the young people”. They are filled with hope that Emily will change her mind and abandon this “deviant marriage”. In fact, people in the town may have been speculated the whole story before the Emily passed away. However, in order to maintain her as the noble and aristocratic dignity, they don’t treat Emily as a murderer. РThey do not investigate although the house distributes stench. Judge Stevens even says “I'd be the last one in the world to bother Miss Emily”. “They broke open the cellar door and sprinkled lime there, and in all the outbuildings”. No one questions the sudden disappearance of Homer. The town people present her flowers when they attend Emily’s funera
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