Short Fiction · Character

Sir Edwin

An elderly, courtly gentleman whose serene dignity and conciliatory manner conceal a lifetime of modified ideals and quiet compromises with the world.

supporting

First appearance: I

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Mentioned as part of the traveling party, apparently unaffected by the fatigue.

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Sir Edwin has weathered the death of his wife and the flight of his son, and in old age he has merged his personal voice into the great voice of tradition. His enemies claim to see through him, but no impartial observer agrees; his purity of record springs from purity within, and his conciliatory manner from a conciliated soul. He stands as a figure of dignified compromise, the kind of man whose long life of adjusted ideals the story holds up for quiet examination.

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Harold
family · positive
Harold and Sir Edwin are likely father and son or close relatives, given their frequent… How this plays out →
Mildred Peaslake
family · positive
Harold
family · positive
Harold and Sir Edwin are likely father and son or close relatives, given their frequent… How this plays out →
Mildred Peaslake
family · positive
Harold
family · positive
Harold and Sir Edwin are likely father and son or close relatives, given their frequent… How this plays out →
Mildred Peaslake
family · positive

Harold
Harold and Sir Edwin are likely father and son or close relatives, given their frequent interactions and shared surname context.
Mildred Peaslake
Mildred Peaslake and Sir Edwin are likely in-laws or close family members, given their connection to Harold.
Harold
Harold and Sir Edwin are likely father and son or close relatives, given their frequent interactions and shared surname context.
Mildred Peaslake
Mildred Peaslake and Sir Edwin are likely in-laws or close family members, given their connection to Harold.
Harold
Harold and Sir Edwin are likely father and son or close relatives, given their frequent interactions and shared surname context.
Mildred Peaslake
Mildred Peaslake and Sir Edwin are likely in-laws or close family members, given their connection to Harold.

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