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Mrs. Tebbitt

A neighbor woman on the prairie who helps Selina.

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Also known as Tebbitt

First appearance: iii

Mrs. Tebbitt shows up with force in I. The page is where that presence becomes real.

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In I: Mrs. Tebbitt runs the boarding house where Selina and her father…

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