Jane Eyre · Character
Mr. Bates
Mentioned as a surgeon at Lowood.
minor
First appearance: vii
Mr. Bates shows up with force in Chapter IX. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The surgeon called to attend to Helen Burns.
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- Morton and Rivers family
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