Short Fiction · Character
Hardress Fitzgerald
A spendthrift captain who married a timid heiress for her fortune, then broke her heart while her grim Irish maid watched him with silent loathing.
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Also known as Mr. Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald, Hardress, Master Hardress Fitzgerald, Captain Hardress Fitzgerald
First appearance: An Adventure of Hardress Fitzgerald, a Royalist Captain
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The narrator and protagonist, a Royalist captain serving King James, who undertakes a perilous mission for General Sarsfield.
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Hardress Fitzgerald rules his household through bluster, brandy, and threats, having spent his wife Peg's income and frightened her into seclusion. He tolerates the Catholic priest who glides through his passages and…
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- Breaking point
- Aftermath
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