Babbitt · Character

Verg Gunch

A variant name for Virgil Gunch, used in club contexts.

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Also known as Verg, Gunch

First appearance: chapter i

Verg Gunch shows up with force in IV. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Verg Gunch is mentioned as someone Babbitt visited the previous evening and discussed diet with.

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IV
Verg Gunch is mentioned as someone Babbitt visited the previous evening and discussed diet with.
Chapter V
Mentioned as host of a party Babbitt attended; part of the Roughnecks table.
Chapter III
Mentioned as host of a party Babbitt stayed up late at; part of the Roughnecks table at the club.
V
Babbitt worries about what Verg Gunch would think if he saw him going to Seneca Doane's house.
Chapter XXX
Mentioned as part of the 'Bunch' that Babbitt wants to continue meeting.
I
Verg Gunch is mentioned as part of the social circle Babbitt wants to maintain, representing the pull of his bachelor-like social life.
Chapter XXXI
Mentioned at the Roughnecks' Table, discussing the Good Citizens' League and seemingly excluding Babbitt.
Chapter II
Talks about the Good Citizens' League at the Roughnecks' Table, deliberately excluding Babbitt from invitations.

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