The Way of All Flesh · Character
Gelstrap
A brutal servant or school official at Roughborough.
minor
First appearance: xix
Gelstrap shows up with force in XVII. The page is where that presence becomes real.
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In XVII: Butler to old Mr. Pontifex; helps salvage the spilled water from the Jordan and receives a month's warning after the…
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- Extended family, servants, and acquaintances
- Pontifex family core
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- Closing
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