The description of her house in the second paragraph "lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps--an eyesore among eyesores"(p.71) is a perfect example of what the present sees in the past.

The description of the interior of the house also leads the reader to this conclusion of the decay of both property and life, reminding the readers of people and places of the past which did not retain its position into the future.

In conclusion the setting of the story shows how one who lives in the past meets the future whether they like or not and no matter what they try to do or how hard they try to hide the future will come about which in turn will make them a part of history.

This description is clearly seen in the following lines, " into a dim hall from which a stairway mounted into still more shadow. It smelled of dust and disuse--a close, dank smell." "It was furnished in heavy leather-covered furniture. When the Negro opened the blinds of the window, they could see that the leather was cracked; and when they sat down, a faint dust rose sluggishly about their thighs, spinning with slow motes in the single sunray. On a tarnished gilt easel before the fireplace s

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Approximate Word count = 506
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)