even years later. In the "Old South", a person's word was their honor, in the "New South", you must provide proof in writing. But the town has changed, it's people have changed, yet Miss Emily has put a halt on time. In her mind, the Colonel is still alive, even though he has been dead for at least ten years. When the deputation waits upon her, we get a glimpse of her decaying house. "It smelled of dust and disuse...It was furnished in heavy, leather covered furniture...the leather was cracked.... On a tarnished gilt easel before the fireplace stood a crayon portrait of Miss Emily's father." The description of Miss Emily's house is very haunting. There is no life or motion in this house. Everything app
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