Decline and Fall · Character
Colonel MacAdder
A prison officer at Blackstone Gaol.
minor
Also known as MacAdder
First appearance: part iii i stone walls do not a prison make
Colonel MacAdder shows up with force in III: The Death of a Modern Churchman. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Mentioned as the former Governor who dispensed automatic justice.
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- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
The emotional and psychological peak occurs when Sir Wilfred Lucas-Dockery, in his deluded optimism, treats th…
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See Colonel MacAdder in part iii i stone walls do not a prison make