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Tommy Freeborn

Friend of Cathcart from his Paris days.

minor

Also known as old Tom Freeborn, Freeborn, Monsieur Thomas Freeborn

First appearance: xiii manon

Tommy Freeborn shows up with force in I: Of His Malice Aforethought. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Mentioned in the Duke's testimony as the source of an accusation against Cathcart.
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Tommy Freeborn first appears in 0016 xiii manon.

In I: Of His Malice Aforethought: Mentioned in the Duke's testimony as the source of an accusation against Cathcart.

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