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The Man in Lower Ten · Character

Mrs. Conway

A boardinghouse keeper who shelters the narrator.

minor

First appearance: xvii at the farmhouse again

Mrs. Conway shows up with force in The Notes and a Bargain. The page is where that presence becomes real.

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In The Notes and a Bargain: Mrs. Conway proposes a bargain to Blakeley, offering to forget the events of the wreck if he gives her the four…

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See Mrs. Conway in xvii at the farmhouse again

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Rising action.

SetupEscalationClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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See Mrs. Conway in xvii at the farmhouse again