Abstract
This document is an extract of various chapters of the novel A lesson before dying by Ernest J. Gaines. We describe a scene from the novel in chapter VI in this document. Grant the narrator had met the sheriff Sam Guidry at Pichot's house in order to know if he would be given the right to visit Jefferson in jail with Miss Emma. This way the sheriff gave the authorization to the narrator to meet Jefferson after a couple of weeks. Later, in the chapter IX, Grant was going to visit Jefferson with Miss Emma at jail for the first time, so he left school at one thirty to take her into Bayonne. After about an hour they arrived at the sheriff's office. Miss Emma had brought some food and new clothes for Jefferson. The deputy went through both the basket of food and the handbag of clothes, and also asked Grant to empty his pockets before entering the cellblock. After that, the deputy brought them to Jefferson's cell.
