Sinister Street · Character
Rutherford
A scholar or don at Oxford.
minor
Also known as the learned Rutherford
First appearance: i the first day
Rutherford shows up with force in Holidays in France. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The oldest boy in the party; shares dubious knowledge about life and death with Michael.
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Jacobean Masters and Oxford Dons
- School and Family Circle
- Protagonist
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- Breaking point
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See Rutherford in i the first day