Tessie’s late arrival at the lottery instantly sets her apart from the crowd
and the observation Mr. Summers makes—
“Thought we were going to have to get on without you”—
is eerily prescient about Tessie’s fate.
When Mr. Summers asks whether the Watson boy will draw for him and his mother,
no reason is given for why Mr. Watson wouldn’t draw as all the other husbands and fathers do,
which suggests that Mr. Watson may have been last year’s victim.