It was another link between t he gross, teeming world and the high and mighty Griersons. (Para.16) The sentence means that the Griersons considered themselves very important and the outside world vulgar and full of people inferior to them . They belonged to two entirely different worlds. However, the complaints about the smell served as a link between the two different worlds and compelled Miss Emily to communicate with the outside world. So what kind of world is the gross and teeming world in this sentence?