Unnamed Old Men at Holston House

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Unnamed Old Men at Holston House
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Unnamed Old Men at Holston House
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In Absalom!, as Sutpen moves across the Square after talking with General Compson, the General sees "old Mr McCaslin and two other old men hobble out and stop him" to talk (221). McCaslin has his own entry. The fact that all three are "old" is an indication of how the Civil War has emptied Jefferson of most of its other male residents.