1." " Why, Wednesday night I dreamt that you was sitting over there by the bed, and Sid was sitting by the woodbox, and Mary next to him." " Well, so we did.
2.The woodbox beside the stove was neatly piled with split wood. There were no dirty dishes in the sink, no foul-smelling pots on the stove. Bill Chess, lonely or not, kept his house in good order.
3." Oh, Lawd, " Dilsey said. She drew a chair into the corner between the woodbox and the stove. The man went obediently and sat in it. " Look in de dinin room and see whar I laid dat bottle down, " Dilsey said.