Mannie Hait's Neighborhood (Location Key)

In both "Mule in the Yard" and The Town the people in the other houses along the paved street that runs past Mannie Hait's house watch the chase for the mule "from behind adjacent window curtains and porches" (254, 246). Once the house catches fire, Mrs. Hait and Old Het become spectators too, watching the house burn down sitting from across the street, sitting in rocking chairs on a neighbor's front porch (258, 252).