Zuleika Dobson · Character
Humphrey Greddon
An undergraduate at Judas College, one of Zuleika's many admirers.
minor
Also known as Greddon, XV Humphrey Greddon
First appearance: iii
Humphrey Greddon shows up with force in VIII. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The ghostly founder of the Junta, who watches the dinner and is indifferent to the modern sentimentality about Nellie O'Mora.
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In VIII: The ghostly founder of the Junta, who watches the dinner and is indifferent to the modern sentimentality about Nellie O'Mora. Later, in Endnotes: Referenced in the note about the anachronistic mention of…
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See Humphrey Greddon in iii