Silas Marner · Character
Dowlas
A farrier and frequent debater at the Rainbow.
minor
Also known as Mr. Dowlas, Master Dowlas
First appearance: part i v
Dowlas shows up with force in Chapter VI. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The farrier, a skeptical and argumentative man who challenges the local superstition about Cliff's Holiday and offers a bet to prove it false.
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In Chapter VI: The farrier, a skeptical and argumentative man who challenges the local superstition about Cliff's Holiday and offers a bet to prove it false. Later, in VII: The farrier who proposes to act as…
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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See Dowlas in part i v