Summary

This story is about a woman named Lucynell and her daughterThe man is named Tom. T Shiflet and he travels trough an a womans plantation. The woman and her daughter treat the man in exchange for taking care of some things that need to get done at their plantation. A new roof on their garden house and the woman decides to accept him as her son in law, however the man has other plans. As he works on their farm the woman wants him more and more to be her son in law. Her daughter is mute and does not speak a word. Mr. Shiflet teaches her how to say bird. The womans husband is no longer with them and he left an old car on their plantation and Mr. Shiflet fixes it up. The mother takes Mr. Shiflet and her daughter into the city to get married and Mr. Shiflet is not fullfilled by this because to him its just paperwork. After that he tells the Lucynell that he would only be able to marry her daughter if he could take her on a trip after the wedding. soon after he and her daughter leave the plantation and he ends up leaving her at a dinner somewhere.