Vile Bodies · Character
The Rector
The local clergyman who performs a wedding.
minor
Also known as Rector
First appearance: x
The Rector's tie to Colonel Blount is one of the pressures that moves Vile Bodies—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
The Rector arrives with the terrible news that war has been declared, interrupting the Colonel's conversation with Adam.
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With Colonel Blount (social): Colonel Blount and the Rector share a strained acquaintance, with the Rector often exasperated by the Colonel's drunken antics and irreverence. With Colonel Blount (social): Colonel Blount…
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Relationship types
- Social
- Other
Character groups
- Social Circle Core
- Protagonist
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- Closing
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- Colonel Blount
social · ambivalent
Colonel Blount and the Rector share a strained acquaintance, with the Rector often… How this plays out →
- Colonel Blount
social · ambivalent
Colonel Blount and the Rector share a strained acquaintance, with the Rector often… How this plays out →
- Colonel Blount
social · ambivalent
Colonel Blount and the Rector share a strained acquaintance, with the Rector often… How this plays out →
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