The Four Men · Character
The Devil
The tempter the travelers keep half-jokingly claiming as their patron, present in their caution, their close speech, and every skinflint's careful shot.
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Also known as Devil, the Money-Devil, Beelzebub, the Head Devil
First appearance: the twenty ninth of october 1902
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Grizzlebeard names the Devil as the true master of the three wary men who will not even give their names, and the joke cuts because it is accurate. The Devil here is less a person than a diagnosis: the spirit of…
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