In addition to the story of the Compson family, the "Appendix" tells the story of the place where they live. It begins as the "Compson Domain" (329): a "solid square mile" of "forested" land that the first Yoknapatawpha Compson acquires from the Chickasaw Indians in 1813 (328). "Twenty years later," it is a large cotton plantation, "with its slavequarters and stables and kitchengardens," "formal lawns and promenades and pavilions," and a "columned porticoed house" designed by an architect and furnished from France (328).
In "That Will Be Fine," Uncle Rodney's most recent married paramour lives here with her husband. Rodney sends Georgie there to tell her the time and place of their rendezvous and to remind her to bring "all the jewelry" with her (282). Georgie notices that "the house was dark all right" and that there are "two magnolia trees" in the yard (282, 282). Although the story does not explicitly say who lives in this house, it is probably either the Tuckers or the Pruitts. Rodney has had or is having affairs with the women of both these marriages.
