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A Prefect’s Uncle · Character

Mr. Mortimer Wells

A visiting literary gentleman whose superior smile and merciless critiques of a schoolboy's verses set off a quiet scandal of authorship.

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Also known as Mr. Wells, Wells

First appearance: i term begins

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Visits the Headmaster and criticizes the quality of the school's poetry prize entries, arguing that the boy mind is incapable of poetry.
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Mr. Wells is a guest of the Headmaster, a man who takes up a cause from pure love of argument and delivers his opinions with the air of one conferring a favour. Asked to read and comment on a prize poem, he picks it…

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HEHeadmasterMLMaster LorimerRJRev. James Bec…MLMr. LawrieBIBishopMMMr. Mortimer Wells

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  • Key adult characters
  • School staff and visitors

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