Quentin Timeline and Summary

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• The roughly twenty-four-year-old Quentin begins remembering Jefferson of fifteen years ago.
• The nine-year-old Quentin observes Nancy and her fear of her husband Jesus.
• The nine-year-old Quentin observes Nancy staying at his house and Dilsey trying to help her.
• The nine-year-old Quentin goes to Nancy's house with her and his siblings.
• The nine-year-old Quentin leaves her house with his siblings and his father, abandoning Nancy.
• The adult Quentin includes in his narration his nine-year-old self's question about who will do their washing, and ends his tale with the uncaring fighting of his siblings, emphasizing just how little his family cared for Nancy.