Absalom, Absalom!, 281 (Event)
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Page Number:
281
Order within Page:
1
First 8-10 words of event:
The orderly does not return with him. Instead, he walks
Page Event Ends:
283
Era:
Civil War (1861-1865)
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Narrative Status:
Narrated
Date:
Saturday, April 1, 1865 to Sunday, April 30, 1865
Summary:
Sutpen and Henry are reunited in the bivouac; Henry assumes that his father has learned about the letter Bon wrote Judith, and the decision to marry. Over Henry's resistance, Sutpen tells him that Bon "must not marry" Judith, because Sutpen knows "that his mother was part negro" (283). (Sutpen also confirms that it was Henry, not Bon, who was "hit at Shiloh," 282). [SOURCE: Bon-Henry-Quentin-Shreve]
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356.00
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Keywords:
Revelation, Italics, Race, Miscegenation
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