Midwinter · Character
Mr. Samuel Johnson
A learned, opinionated Englishman whose company Alastair takes for protection on the road north, and whose judgments on women and duty cut deeper than any sword.
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Also known as Johnson, Mr. Johnson, Samuel, Sam
First appearance: i in which a highland gentleman misses his way
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Johnson is the travelling companion and moral counterweight to Alastair's soldierly impulses, a man whose learning gives him confident verdicts on everything from loyalty to love. His pronouncement that some women give…
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- Main conspirators and nobles
- Protagonist
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Alastair’s emotional peak occurs when his selfless, quixotic resolve to protect Claudia’s love collapses into…
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- III: In Which Private Matters Cut Across Affairs of State
- Mr. Kyd of Greyhouses
- V: Chance-Medley
- VI: Introduces the Runaway Lady
- How a Man May Hunt with the Hounds and Yet Run with the Hare
- Broom at the Crossroads
- X: Snowbound at the Sleeping Deer
- Duchess Kitty on the Road
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See Mr. Samuel Johnson in i in which a highland gentleman misses his way