The Duke’s Children · Character
Reginald Dobbes
A humorless sporting fanatic who measures every man by his shooting and considers self-denial in all things except his own pleasures.
supporting
Also known as Mr. Dobbes, Dobbes
First appearance: xxxvi tallyho lodge
As a supporting figure in The Duke’s Children, Reginald Dobbes is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
The strict and disciplined host of Crummie-Toddie; frustrated by the casual attitudes of his guests, especially Tregear's independence and Silverbridge's distraction, but…
Dobbes runs the shooting at Crummie-Toddie with military discipline, despising anyone who cannot walk thirty miles with a gun and resenting young lords who arrive without proper credentials. His contempt for Silverbridge's mediocre aim and Gerald's youth exposes the petty hierarchies that govern even a hunting party. He matters because the house party he hosts becomes the accidental stage on which Silverbridge's romantic indecision — Mabel here, Isabel there — plays out under the least sympathetic of overseers.
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Racing and Sporting Circle
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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See Reginald Dobbes in xxxvi tallyho lodge