ABSTRACT
By a misunderstanding, it was Mrs. Siddall who received the message over the telephone, instead of Arthur. She said: “What? I can’t hear you . I don’t believe it!” She had heard clearly enough; but how could Benjy be dead? Though she could not continue to deny it, she would not speak of it afterward; and her silence was respected as an evidence of grief. It was, in fact, a wall built up obstinately to shore her tottering world.
