The Man in Lower Ten · Character
Simon Harrington
An elderly man with knowledge of the crime's background.
minor
Also known as Harrington
First appearance: xxiv his wife s father
Simon Harrington shows up with force in A Torn Telegram. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The drunken, quarrelsome man from the restaurant who later occupies the narrator's berth (lower ten) on the train.
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In A Torn Telegram: The drunken, quarrelsome man from the restaurant who later occupies the narrator's berth (lower ten) on the train. Later, in Numbers Seven and Nine: The victim; his name is found on a luggage tag,…
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See Simon Harrington in xxiv his wife s fatherNarrative arc
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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See Simon Harrington in xxiv his wife s father