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Mr. Hughes

A master or visitor at the school.

minor

Also known as Hughes

First appearance: now talking about cricket

Mr. Hughes shows up with force in The Tom Brown Question. The page is where that presence becomes real.

The author of Tom Brown's Schooldays; the stranger claims he only wrote part one and was coerced by a secret society into letting them write part two.
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupAftermathClimax
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  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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