P. 72, Scene 100 (1928) She smelled like trees.
P. 73, Scene 101 (1898) We didn't go to our room.
P. 73, Scene 102 (1928) Quentin, Mother said in the hall.
P. 73, Scene 103 (1898) Quentin and Versh came in.
P. 73, Scene 104 (1928) I got undressed . . .
The power of these final scenes can easily be overlooked as we tend to rush through them. These scenes—the present (1928) and the earliest (1898) in Benjy's memory—are connected by Benjy's being fed. In the scenes of 1928, Benjy's predicament is reflected in his actions as he observes himself naked before the mirror: he is reminded of his castration and begins to cry. Luster's view of Miss Quentin in Scene 104 is also our last view of her.
P. 74, Scene 105 (1898) There were two beds.
Benjy's section ends with the earliest memory, that of the scene in 1898, when he was only three years old. He feels happy because, for him, everything is in its ordered place. The section also ends with Caddy's drawers and behind still muddy, because Dilsey does not have time to bathe her. Therefore, Caddy's future actions of losing her virginity (symbolized by the muddy drawers) is foreshadowed here. We should also note here in the final scene that Caddy seems to be the only child who is concerned about the welfare of Mrs. Compson. Ironically, later, of all the Compsons, it is Mrs. Compson who turns the most vindictively against Caddy.
