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Mr. Spoffard

A wealthy eccentric traveling with his fragile mother, whose interest in Lorelei's reform project makes him a tantalizing prospect for meeting a gentleman's mother.

supporting

Also known as the famous Mr. Spoffard, himself

First appearance: i gentlemen prefer blondes

As a supporting figure in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Mr. Spoffard is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

A prominent figure whose attention Lorelei seeks, representing a potential marriage prospect.

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Mr. Spoffard pays calls on Lorelei's compartment and speaks at length about his mother, whose fine old family required a special school to keep things easy on her brain. He's earnest, devoted, and slightly absurd, and his attentions flatter Lorelei precisely because meeting a gentleman's mother is her idea of a milestone. Dorothy's mockery of Miss Chapman and the ice man rolls right off him, but his arrival signals that Lorelei's ambitions are shifting from shopping to something more permanent.

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