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"I think perhaps he is getting worse."
"are you worried about him?"
"yes. very." (Jackson 51)
This shows she cares about her family and if she would have killed most of her family she wouldn't care if Uncle Julian was very sick.

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"Constance was perfectly composed. She rose and smiled and said she was glad to see them" (Jackson 25)
Constance seems to be too okay with the fact her whole family is gone and murders usually don't feel remorse

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"Constance always took Uncle Julian's tray in to him in the morning because he slept painfully  and sometimes lay awake in the darkness waiting for the first light and the comfort of Constance with his tray." (Jackson 43)

Constance shows love and cares for her uncle while he's dying. She cares about him and most likely everyone else in her family.  She probably wouldn't care for her uncle if she killed her parents.

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"Is your father home yet, child?" he asked her.
"No, not today," Constance said. "Let me get your other pillow. It's a lovely day." (44)

she cares about her family so she wouldn't do anything to hurt or kill any of them

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"Each year Constance and Uncle Julian and I had jam or preserve or pickle that Constance had made, but we never touched what belonged to the others; Constance said it would kill us if we ate it." (Jackson, 42)

This quote shows that Constance is innocent because she cares for the safety of her family. If she was guilty and went under the idea that she killed her family then she wouldn't warn Mary Katherine and Uncle Julian about eating things that can kill them because she wouldn't care.

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"Constance said it would kill us if we ate it" (Jackson 42)
Constance leaves warnings and clues throughout half the book. Why would she poison her family if she kept telling them that it would be sick or it would kill them?

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"Constance always took Uncle Julian's tray in to him in the morning because he slept painfully and sometimes lay awake in the darkness".(Jackson,43)
This shows Constance is a caring person and likes her family and if she wanted him dead she would have not gave him food.

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"Constance always set her table. She sat on the rose sofa with out mother's portrait looking down on her" (Jackson)

this explains that Constance admired the mother she doesn't committed any crimes if she loves someone

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" Each year Constance and uncle Julian and I had jam or preserve or pickle that Constance had made, but we never touched what belonged to  the others; Constance said it would kill us if we ate it" (Jackson 42).

This quote shows and example of why Constance is innocent because she was worried about the year old food in the jars that could possibly kill her family.

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"I could make you sausage next week, Uncle Julian; I think homemade sausage would not disagree with you if you had very little" (Jackson 48).

This quote reveals that Constance is expecting Uncle Julian to live for the next week when she serves him sausage for breakfast. Constance's kindness is truly displayed here for as she feeds and cares for her Uncle Julian.

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Quote: "'First," she said, "she bought the arsenic." "To kill rats," Constance said to the teapot and smiled at me. "To kill rats," Uncle Julian said. "The other popular use for arsenic is in taxidermy, and my niece could hardly pretend a working knowledge of that subject." (Jackson 37)

This evidence proves that Constance is not guilty because while Mrs. Wright was testing Constance by saying that she killed her family by bringing out the arsenic which is a poisonous chemical that could kill you if you consume it, Constance said that she didn't use it to kill her family she used to kill the rats that were in her house while Uncle Julian backed her up as well saying that Constance knew a lot about how to poison animals/taxidermy and there didn't seem to be any kind of evidence in this quote that proves she killed her family.

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"All the Blackwood women had had made food in and had taken pride in adding to the great supply of food in our cellar" (Jackson 42).

This shows that she takes pride and her food and cooks for fun. Since she cooks for fun, she wouldn't need a reason to poison the food

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"Constance had worked all her life at adding to the food in the cellar, and her rows and rows of jars were easily the handsomest"

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Constance's garden mint. Spring potatoes, new peas,a salad,again from Constance"s garden.

Constance's garden represents her respect for life. It isn't easy keeping a garden alive it's a lot easier to let it slowly die. But she likes going outside and tending to it. Someone who respects life wouldn't take someone else's away.

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Quote: "Certainly she would not have been doing the cooking if her intention was to destroy all of us with poison" (Jackson 35-36).

First of all, why would she murder her own family. She also did not like berries and the poisoned sugar was in the berries.

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"She is such a charming girl, your niece; I cannot remember when I have taken to anyone as I have to her." pg 38- This quote show's how the Blackwoods friends know how charming and lovely she is so they believe she's innocent.

Another quote to exonerate Constance "

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"There was a spider in it" Constance said to the teapot. We used a little rose-covered sugar bowl for the lump sugar for tea. "--