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Mr. Outwood

A gentle, fossil-collecting Sedleigh master who treats Mike as his own special discovery and takes quiet pride in the boy's cricket.

supporting

Also known as Outwood, the matron—Comrade Outwood, old Outwood, Comrade Outwood

First appearance: XXXI: Sedleigh

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

The housemaster at Sedleigh, a mild, bookish man who is more interested in ruined abbeys than in his new student.
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Mr. Outwood is the mild, slightly absent-minded housemaster who claims credit for Mike's arrival at Sedleigh and beams over his athletic promise. His kindly, uncritical manner contrasts with the school's stricter…

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Character Web

22 connections

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MWMr. WainEDEdwinSISimpsonPSPsmithMDMr. DowningMOMr. Outwood

Relationship types

  • Professional
  • Other

Character groups

  • Sedleigh and Wrykyn students
  • Wrykyn cricket team members
  • Extended cast and background characters

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Rising action.

SetupEscalationClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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Relationships

  • Psmith

    professional · ambivalent

  • Psmith

    professional · ambivalent

  • Psmith

    professional · ambivalent

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