Short Fiction · Character
Harringay
A man whose restless mind, worn thin by old quarrels, becomes the devil's easiest and most willing recruit.
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Also known as R. M. Harringay
First appearance: The Temptation of Harringay
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Harringay is a man of intellectual habits and unsettled temper, the sort who cannot let a grievance lie and whose imagination turns readily toward the forbidden. When temptation arrives in a form suited to his…
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See Harringay in The Temptation of Harringay