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Denouement
The Next 40 Years

At this point, we've already been given a rough outline of Emily's life, beginning with her funeral, going back ten years to when the "newer generation" came to collect the taxes, and then back another thirty some odd years to the death of Emily's father, the subsequent affair with Homer, and the disappearance of Homer. The story winds down by filling us in on Miss Emily's goings on in the 40 years between Homer's disappearance and Emily's funeral. Other than the painting lessons, her life during that time is a mystery, because she stayed inside.

Conclusion
The Bed, the Rotting Corpse, and the Hair

The townspeople enter the bedroom that's been locked for 40 years, only to find the rotting corpse of Homer Barron.