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Colonel Sartoris, the mayor, cancels their taxes in 1894.
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When her father dies, Colonel Sartoris says he loaned money to the town so they took care of her as repayment. Also, his death left her the last Grierson.
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Miss Emily refuses to pay taxes like the rest of the town because Colonel Sartoris, the mayor that died 10 years ago from this time, suspended their taxes.
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Homer Barron, a leader of a construction group, meets Emily Grierson. Emily finds an interest in Homer but then finds out his is homosexual.
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Emily buys arsenic from a druggist and neighbors guess that she will kill Homer or herself.
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A neighbor saw Homer at the kitchen door one evening, but that was the last they saw of him.
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Emily kills Homer Barron with the arsenic.
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Emily is seen after 6 months in her house. She became fat and greyer and greyer.
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Since Homer liked men, she killed him and slept with him every night.
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Homer's death creates a stench that causes neighbors to complain
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Miss Emily is found dead downstairs of her house. Homer Barron, the man she loved, was also found dead in the bedroom. The whole town went to her funeral.
