Unnamed Neighbor of Benbow

Submitted by sfr on Mon, 2020-12-21 16:38
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Unnamed Neighbor of Benbow
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Unnamed Neighbor of Benbow
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In Sanctuary Horace Benbow tells Ruby Lamar that she can "always get me by telephone, at ------," and gives her "the name of a neighbor" that the narrative withholds from us (201). This is that neighbor. (In Flags in the Dust the Benbows' neighbors are named Wyatt; there's no obvious reason for Faulkner's coyness about the neighbor in this novel.)

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