Submitted by padgettjb@breva... on Sun, 2016-08-14 17:58
Northward from the Sartoris plantation this road leads toward Corinth, which is about sixty miles away, and where Loosh tells Bayard and Ringo the Yankees are (5). Southward, it leads to Jefferson, which as Ringo notes is four miles away (77). In the opening chapter, "Ambuscade," Bayard and Ringo first sight a Union soldier along this road. In the second chapter, "Retreat," Bayard recalls that sighting as they drive along this road on their way to Jefferson.
This "bank president," who tells Ike about the bank account in Ike's name that Cass Edmonds has been paying money into (295), is certainly not Bayard Sartoris, who is also a Jefferson bank president at the time of the novel. This "bank president" is never named, but although the text is not explicit, it seems likely that he is the father of the woman - also never named - whom Ike marries.
