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Mr. Mendizabal

Mr. Mendizabal, that little man with the adenoid voice and sniggering laugh, is the disreputable foreigner everyone at the boarding table has an opinion about.

supporting

Also known as poor little Mr. Mendizabal, Mr. Mendizzable, Mendizzable

First appearance: i

As a supporting figure in Interim, Mr. Mendizabal is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

A foreign visitor who engages Miriam in a spirited French conversation, challenging her ideas about cosmopolitanism.
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With Miriam (romantic): Mr. Mendizabal is a suitor to Miriam, and their interactions are charged with romantic tension and unspoken desires. With Mrs. Bailey (social): Mr. Mendizabal is a polite acquaintance of Mrs.

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Character Web

18 connections

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MIMiriamMBMrs. BaileyDWDr. WinchesterEVEveMBMr. BowdoinMMMr. Mendizabal

Relationship types

  • Romantic
  • Social
  • Other

Character groups

  • Medical and domestic circle
  • Protagonist
  • Extended social network and references

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

Miriam’s emotional peak occurs as summer’s remembered happiness—once a liberating force that let her move “unh…

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Relationships

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In the story

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See Mr. Mendizabal in i