Ghost Stories · Character
Roderick Cardew
A dying Chelsea friend persuaded to the marsh country for one last spring, carrying a secret he fences about with gallows humor and quiet courage.
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Also known as Roderick
First appearance: Roderick's Story
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The narrator's friend who is terminally ill and accepts an invitation to stay at the narrator's house, which he recognizes as the place where Margaret Alton died.
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Roderick Cardew is the narrator's oldest friend, gravely ill with heart disease and reluctant to leave his Chelsea rooms until the lure of marshland and big skies wins him over. He speaks of seeing the marsh 'once more'…
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