Mrs. Provine 2
Character Key Number:
444
Display Name:
Mrs. Provine 2
Sort Name:
Provine, Mrs. 2
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
The woman who is married to Wilbur Provine in The Town is mentioned during her husband's trial for making and selling illegal liquor. Judge Long tells Provine, "I'm going to send you to the penitentiary, not for making whiskey but for letting your wife carry water a mile and a half from that spring" (178).