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Mr. Outhouse

A poor East-end clergyman who distrusts fashion and titles, he must decide whether to shelter his niece when her fashionable marriage collapses.

supporting

Also known as To Mr. Outhouse, Outhouse

First appearance: xxix mr and mrs outhouse

As a supporting figure in He Knew He Was Right, Mr. Outhouse is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Declines to host the sisters due to his prejudice against fashionable society and Sir Marmaduke's title.
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Mr. Outhouse is the rector of St. Diddulph's, a man so suspicious of West-end clubs and fashionable connections that he refused even to dine at his niece Emily's house in Curzon Street. When the Trevelyan marriage breaks down, he offers her the parsonage but couples the offer with St. Paul's injunction that wives obey their husbands, and Emily storms out, refusing to be treated as a disgraced woman. His struggle between Christian duty and moral disapproval of a wife who will not submit makes him a quiet test of how the novel weighs obedience against self-respect.

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MGMr. GlascockLALucy and SophyMSMiss SophiaLTLouis TrevelyanMBMr. BozzleMOMr. Outhouse

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  • Other

Character groups

  • Trevelyan household associates
  • Exeter social circle
  • London and minor supporting cast

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  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

This is the story's dramatic climax because it represents the emotional and psychological peak of Mrs. Trevely…

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