# Young Blight — Our Mutual Friend character guide

> Young Blight in Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Blight, young Blight

**First appearance:** 0001-i-on-the-look-out

## Who they are

Clerk to Mortimer Lightwood, eager and somewhat comical.

## In the story

### [Mr. Boffin in Consultation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_mutual_friend_se/chapters/viii-mr-boffin-in-consultation)

Receives a gift of two pounds from Mr. Boffin for his attention to Mr. Boffin's affairs.

### [Two Places Vacated](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_mutual_friend_se/chapters/ix-two-places-vacated)

Temporizes with Mr. Dolls at the Temple chambers, then locks him out.

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