That is, the grandfather told his grandson (Quentin) things which he had failed to tell to his own son (Mr. As we later find out in other chapters, Quentin was told some things about the story by his grandfather - things which his father had never known. The question then arises as to where Quentin gets these missing facts. In other words, this is the narration which will provide all of the missing facts from the other narrations. Furthermore, Quentin's narration, which begins in this chapter, will ultimately bring the story into a full perspective. This is the chapter where Quentin begins to take over as the main character and as the main narrator, thus revealing his importance as the listener to Miss Rosa's story in the earlier chapters. The narration and the identification of the various narrators in this chapter present something of a problem.
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