The Bean Trees

what does Taylor saying "you are old father William" emphasize what happens

in chapter 6 of the bean trees, Taylor says "you are old father William" how does this allusion help emphasize what is happening in the story.

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The people are generally brought and taken away by the priest in blue jeans she had seen the first day, Father William. When Mattie introduces Taylor to Father William, she says "You are old, Father William" despite his youth, simply because it is a poem from a book she had as a child.

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