eye for eye, until he looked away and went and got the arsenic and wrapped it up. The Negro delivery boy brought her the package; the druggist didnt come back. When she opened the package at home there was written on the box, under the skull and bones: For rats (473). The members of the town are unaware of how the poison is going to be used. They figure that Emily was going to kill her self, however that does not happen. Then some of the ladies began to say that it was a disgrace to the town and a bad example to the young people (473). The cousins of Miss Emily come to visit her after being written by the ministers wife. Miss Emily is seen buying a mans toilet set with Homer Barrons initials, as well as a nightshirt, and a complete outfit for a man. So the town begins to think Miss Emily and Homer were finally getting married. Homer however left town, and is not seen again until Miss Emilys cousins left Jefferson to go home. One of Miss Emilys neighbors see Homer Barron being admitted into the home by the Negro man, and is never seen again. After Homers disappearance, the town did not see Miss Emily for quite some time. When they finally see her again, her hair has turned iron gray, and she has gained a lot of weight. She can often be seen sitting at one of the downstairs windows, and apparently no longer inhabits the top floor of the house. For many years, no one has been into her home. After the disappearance of Homer Barron, many of Miss Emilys neighbors began to complain about a bad smell coming from her house. The complaints were given to an eighty-year old member of the Old South named Judge Stevens. The Board of Aldermen meet, and the newer generation of people offered the idea of giving Miss Emily a date in which her house must be clean. However, since Judge Stevens knew it is of bad taste to tell a lady to her face that her house smells bad, he sends four men to sneak onto Miss Emilys property...
