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Young Hoffmann

A young man from a local family.

minor

Also known as Hoffmann

First appearance: iv the dillsborough club

Young Hoffmann shows up with force in Mounser Green. The page is where that presence becomes real.

A clerk of German parentage who comments on Arabella's beauty.
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LRLord RuffordTSTom SurbitonMMMr. MastersJMJohn MortonJSJack SladeYHYoung Hoffmann

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  • Other

Character groups

  • Minor legal and sporting figures
  • Protagonist
  • Main characters and local gentry

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SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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