Candy would spend time with Mathu in his garden, but wouldn't go home when he asked her. She would do this each day. She never stopped. Ernest Gaines relates this story to his audience by using different character's viewpoints in the first person. Many of the main characters viewpoints are shown.
Gaines moves back and forth from one black citizen to the next.
He also includes a few whites associated with St. He does not, however, use Candy, Mapes, or Mathu as the character telling the story. He may be choosing to create the perspective for an outsider audience by only using secondary characters to interact and describe the main ones. Mathu is not used because he knows the truth. Gaines may intentionally leave out Mapes and Candy because of their positions or assumed roles.