Our Mutual Friend · Character
Young Blight
Clerk to Mortimer Lightwood, eager and somewhat comical.
minor
Also known as Blight, young Blight
First appearance: i on the look out
Young Blight shows up with force in Mr. Boffin in Consultation. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Receives a gift of two pounds from Mr.
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In Mr. Boffin in Consultation: Receives a gift of two pounds from Mr. Boffin for his attention to Mr. Boffin's affairs. Later, in Two…
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- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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