"Tull Helps Finish the Coffin"
Cora and Tull see Peabody's team come by; they argue about who it is first. Now, the rain has broken.
Vardaman comes to the door, standing in the rain and going on about Tull having seen the fish. Cora attributes this behavior to grief.
Vernon thinks Darl's problem is that he thinks too much.
Vernon helps Cash finish the coffin, and they put Addie in it. They do this because Vardaman wouldn't stop opening the windows of the cabin so she could "breathe." Finally, Vardaman goes to sleep next to the coffin after having srilled holes in it. Two holes had been bored into her face.
Vardaman's behavior is a little more understandable because of what he said in the last chapter. Granted, he's not all there, but at least he has his reasons.
Why have a dull character like Tull (dull/Tull, ha) narrate a crazy scene like this?
Cora, judgmental as always, remarks: "I see the hand of the Lord upon this boy [Vardaman] for Anse Bundren's judgment and warning." (72)
Meanwhile, Tull comments on Cora: "I reckon she would make a few changes, no matter how He was running it." What is Tull referring to, exactly?
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