The Mule-Bone · Character
Lindsay
A deacon who trudges home from the hunt with a mule's hock-bone instead of birds, and a hunger that makes him sharp about who feeds whom.
supporting
Also known as Lindsay To Hambo, Joe Lindsay, Enter Joe Lindsay, Reenter Joe Lindsay, Deacon Lindsay, Lindsay Go
First appearance: act i
As a supporting figure in The Mule-Bone, Lindsay is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
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Lindsay moves through Joe Clark's store as a church deacon and neighbor, trading jokes about Brazzle's contrary old mule while nursing his own grievances about stinginess and an empty stomach. He is quick to laugh at…
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Church elders and distinct roles
- Prominent male community members
- Protagonist
- Minor female and church figures
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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