In all the scenes, after Emily buys the poison, you never hear her talk about the poison again or even show it in any of the stories. Both versions simply show the reader and stunned audience Homer's corpse, which Emily's purpose for purchasing the poison and her intent in using it is then made clear. Although the gossips took it for granted that Miss Emily had purchased the poison for herself and they were fine with that. They even gave their blessing to Miss Emily to commit suicide, “So the next day we all said, “She's going to kill herself”; and we said that would be the best thing” (85). Even when the stench emanating from Emily's house was so strong, the townspeople simply attributed it to dirty housekeeping. The women said, “No man could maintain a kitchen properly” (83). After the town judge refused to speak to Miss Emily, some men came to Emily one night and spread lime all over the house and cellar. Did this finally solve the odor problem or was it just a coincidence that Homer's decomposing body had reached the point where he was no longer?