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Colonel MacAdder

A prison officer at Blackstone Gaol.

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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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See Colonel MacAdder in part iii i stone walls do not a prison make

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SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • 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
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