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Hephzibah

A domestic figure summoned in the narrator's recollections, grounding his grand pilgrimage in the small, stubborn textures of ordinary life.

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First appearance: the path to rome

As a supporting figure in The Path to Rome, Hephzibah is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

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