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Mrs. Ruddock
A lodging-house keeper who provides information to Mr. Loscombe.
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First appearance: IX: From Mrs. Ruddock (Lodging-House Keeper) to Mr. Loscombe
Mrs. Ruddock shows up with force in Between the Scenes: Progress of the Story Through the Post. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Lodging-house keeper who writes to Loscombe expressing concern for Magdalen's mental and physical state.
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In Between the Scenes: Progress of the Story Through the Post: Lodging-house keeper who writes to Loscombe expressing concern for Magdalen's mental and physical state. Later, in IX: From Mrs. Ruddock (Lodging-House…
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- Between the Scenes: Progress of the Story Through the Post
- IX: From Mrs. Ruddock (Lodging-House Keeper) to Mr. Loscombe
- X: From Mr. Loscombe to Mrs. Ruddock
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