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Phoebe, Junior · Character

Cotsdean

A threadbare clerk whose forgery of old Mr. Tozer's signature drags a whole circle of respectable people into panic, nursing, and moral arithmetic.

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Also known as Poor Cotsdean, Mr. Cotsdean

First appearance: ii the leading member

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Cotsdean is the shadowy figure at the edge of the Tozer money—a struggling clerk whose desperate imitation of a signature turns a private embarrassment into a public crisis. When he collapses into illness, Phoebe keeps…

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Character Web

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WIWilsonCACousin AnneJAJamesRMReginald MayPTPhoebe TozerCOCotsdean

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  • Professional
  • Other

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  • Central characters and family
  • Minor and background characters
  • Protagonist

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SetupEscalationClimax
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  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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See Cotsdean in ii the leading member