Homer's Odyssey: Plot Summary

“A neighbor saw the Negro man admit him at the kitchen door at dusk on evening.” Homer Barron had been gone a little over a week and, expecting him to return, we didn’t put much thought into his sudden departure but, in those days following the departure of the cousins, Miss Emily seemed distraught. We all just figured she was a little nervous about marrying Homer and all, but what we didn’t know at the time was that her cousins had told her not to be to upset if he deserted her just like her sweetheart had before. Every morning, with the rising sun, she’d come out of her house, sit on the porch, and simply stare down the street til’ the cows came home. At first people would ask what she was looking at, and she just simply divert her eye to them, and when they finally got uncomfortable they would simply walk away, and she would return her gaze down the street. We all knew what she was looking for, so when Homer came back, we were all relieved. When the Neighbor, having seen the Negro man admit Homer at the door, went to welcome him back, they weren’t swayed by the overheard conversation as they passed the kitchen window.
“It’s real nice to see you again,” said Emily pouring a glass
When he had first arrived to Jefferson he had been but a little boy, a few years younger than Miss Emily herself, who at the time, was not quite eleven. He had come with a Negro girl, two or three years younger than him, and Mr. Grierson had been kind enough to take them in. Then about a week or so later the girl left, got on a train headin’ North, and the boy had been with the Grierson’s ever since. In the next twenty years he had turned into a rather handsome young man. He had big broad shoulders, long lean legs which allowed him to tower several inches above most men, and a straight tight jawline. His brows were sharp above his deep brown eyes. He wore a suit, that had once belonged to Mr. Grierson