The Perpetual Curate · Character
Tom Burrows
A young man, possibly a suitor or laborer.
minor
Also known as Tom, Thomas
First appearance: xviii
Tom Burrows shows up with force in Mr. Wentworth's Easter Sermon. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Tom Burrows's six children are baptized, with the new baby presented by Lucy, after Frank's insistence awakened a fatherly conscience.
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In Mr. Wentworth's Easter Sermon: Tom Burrows's six children are baptized, with the new baby presented by Lucy, after Frank's insistence awakened a fatherly conscience. Later, in XXXII: Mentioned as the only person in…
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- Wentworth family circle
- Protagonist
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See Tom Burrows in xviii