Submitted by chlester0@gmail.com on Mon, 2014-06-23 18:01
As a group the men who work at the planing mill in Light in August observe and comment on the appearance and behavior of Joe Christmas and Joe Brown during and after the nearly three years these two outsiders work there too. On the Saturday Lena arrives in Jefferson, they see the smoke of the fire at the Burden place and joke about it - and about the Burdens, who they see as outsiders too.
Submitted by chlester0@gmail.com on Mon, 2014-06-23 17:58
The driver of the truck that arrives at the planing mill "loaded with logs" tells the men working there the latest news from the fire at the Burden place (49).
