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Saunders
A City acquaintance drawn into Marble's venture, whose arrival at the pub crystallises a scheme Marble has only dared imagine in the abstract.
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Also known as Mr. Saunders, the wretched Saunders
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Saunders is the man whose entrance at the bar turns Marble's vague dread into a concrete plan he cannot refuse. He drinks at Marble's expense and lends the venture its fatal plausibility. Around him Marble's fear…
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Relationship types
- Professional
- Other
Character groups
- Marble's professional contacts
- Protagonist
- Marble family circle
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- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Mr. Marble
professional · ambivalent
- Mr. Henderson
professional · ambivalent
- Mr. Marble
professional · ambivalent
- Mr. Marble
professional · ambivalent
- Mr. Henderson
professional · ambivalent
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