Cambridge Inset: Interurban Train

In The Sound and the Fury Quentin Compson takes "interurban" trains to get to the site of the bridge where he plans to commit suicide and later to get back to Harvard from place where he and Bland fight. The 'streetcars' in the novel run in Boston and Cambridge. The 'interurban' runs between the city and the suburban towns around it.

Unnamed Woman in Doorway

When Quentin looks around after Shreve pumps water on his face, he sees a "woman cross the door" of a nearby house, "but she didn't look out" (165).

Unnamed Man at Pump

Quentin notices this man "filling a pail" with water from the pump where Shreve is helping him wash his face (165).

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