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Worts

Clerk at the brewery.

minor

First appearance: xiii mr tappitt in his countinghouse

Worts shows up with force in The Election at Baslehurst. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Tappitt's foreman who decides to vote for Cornbury, causing Tappitt's displeasure.
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MRMrs. RayMHMr. HartBUBungallWCWalter CornburyHOHonymanWOWorts

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Minor family and business associates
  • Brewery dispute central figures
  • Community and peripheral characters

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SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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