Luster calls this stranger Miss Quentin's "beau" (46). He is the last in an indeterminate number of young men whom she sneaks out of her room at night to spend time with. He works for the traveling show that is playing for two nights in Jefferson, though he won't tell Luster exactly what he does in it. Both Benjy and Jason are struck by the "red tie" he wears (49, 232). Jason spends part of his section chasing after this man and his niece as they drive out into the country in a Ford.
Although 'the townspeople' as an entity plays a smaller role in The Sound and the Fury than in many other Yoknapatawpha texts, occasionally the narrative does indicate their presence. This is the most true in Jason's section, which is not surprising given his concern with his family's reputation and place in the eyes of those townspeople. For example, Jason notes "about a dozen people looking" at his niece and him while they fight on the way to school (188).
While never seen nor (unlike the band the traveling show brings to Jefferson) even heard, the performer who "can play a tune on a saw" (15) is often mentioned or (when Luster spends so much of Easter trying to imitate him) alluded to. He is perhaps the novel's figure of the artist.
The Negro whom Jason pays to bring his car to a back street says he was slowed down by the wagons in the Square. Jason's accusation that he deliberately took his time seems based on Jason's prejudices, not the man's actions.
