The unnamed little girl who walks home from school with the Burgess girl is "scared" of Benjy, though her friend assures her that "he wont hurt you" (53).
A neighbor of the Compsons, Mr. Burgess sees Benjy grabbing at his daughter and rushes to "knock him out with a fence picket" (263). It may also be at his insistence that the Compsons have Benjy surgically castrated, though this is not made explicit.
The Burgesses live near if not across the street from the Compsons. The little girl in the family comes home from school just as Caddy used to. She is used to Benjy "running along the fence" (53), and unafraid. When Benjy finds the gate unlocked one day after Caddy's wedding, he catches at this girl and "tries to say" (53) until her father knocks him out with a fence picket.
