# Old Gaffett — The Country of the Pointed Firs character guide

> Old Gaffett in The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Gaffett

**First appearance:** 0005-vi-the-waiting-place

## Who they are

A mysterious sailor Captain Littlepage met in his travels.

## In the story

### [VI: The Waiting Place](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_country_of_the_pointed_firs_se/chapters/vi-the-waiting-place)

The crippled Scotch seaman who shared a hut with Captain Littlepage at the mission and told him about the mysterious 'waiting-place' beyond the ice.

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