How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Section.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"Uncle Cash that druv the Benbow carriage twell he run off with the Yankees two years ago. He back now and he gonter be elected marshal of Jefferson." (6.2.15)
There's a lot going on here in Ringo's seemingly simple words (simple aside from the funky spelling, we mean. But can't you just hear him?). So, Uncle Cash is a black man who used to be a slave. Ringo didn't run off with the Yankees when he had the chance, and doesn't really seem to respect guys like Loosh, who left the Sartoris family high and dry. But he does have some admiration in his heart for Uncle Cash because he's back and, instead of being a slave, is running for a respected public office.
Quote #8
And then it was loud; I could hear them when they drew in their breath like when the Yankees used to hear it begin:
"Yaaaaa—" (6.3.13-14)
If you'd never heard of a rebel yell before, well, now you have (no, not the Billy Idol song). It was used to rally Confederate troops in the battle, but now, with the war over, it's used to express admiration for Dru and John.
Quote #9
It came back high and thin and ragged and fierce, like when the Yankees used to hear it out of the smoke and the galloping:
"Yaaaaaay, Drusilla!" they hollered. "Yaaaaaay, John Sartoris! Yaaaaaaay!" (6.3.35-36)
The expression of admiration, the rebel yell, isn't just for Drusilla and John Sartoris. It's a way of capturing that old pride, wounded after the Yankee victory, that gives the Southerners the feeling that they might recapture their glory and drive the northerners out of their territory.