The Sound and the Fury Chapter Summary & Analysis - Chapter 4 Summary

Chapter 4 Summary

This chapter is related in the third person, and is the first time that the reader sees any descriptions. Dilsey steps out of her cabin into a gray and chilly morning; beneath her best clothing, her body is shapeless and tired. She goes back into the cabin and emerges wearing her working clothes, a man's felt hat and an army overcoat. From the kitchen she takes an umbrella, and goes to the woodpile to collect logs for the fire. Mrs. Compson calls her from the top of the stairs, and keeps calling her in a repetitive and monotonous way. She is holding out a hot water bottle for Dilsey to fill. Dilsey says she will fill the bottle as soon as she has boiled some water. Mrs. Compson complains that she has been lying awake for at least an hour and has not heard any sound from the kitchen. Dilsey...
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