The Last Post · Character
Cramp
A local cabinetmaker and his wife, tenants on the Groby estate.
minor
Also known as Miss Cramp, Cabinetmaker Cramp, Mrs. Cramp
First appearance: the last post
Cramp shows up with force in III. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The cabinetmaker who restores old furniture for export; he admires Marie Léonie's varnish but distrusts her, and his wife is strongly anti-foreigner.
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Sylvia’s direct proposal to the general—asking him to marry her if she divorces Christopher—represents the emo…
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