A Warning to the Curious

by

M. R. James

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The Rector Character Analysis

Paxton meets the rector, the leader of the church, while speaking with the old man. The rector elaborates on the legend about the crowns and tells Paxton that there is no one guarding the last crown now that William Ager is dead. The rector is happy to explain the local legend to Paxton, but he purposefully withholds information about the exact location of the crown. The rector also explains how lamentable it is to the community that William Ager was the last of his family line, further reiterating the cultural significant of the crown.

The Rector Quotes in A Warning to the Curious

The A Warning to the Curious quotes below are all either spoken by The Rector or refer to The Rector. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
History, Culture, and Disrespect Theme Icon
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A Warning to the Curious Quotes

[…] them Germans would a landed here time and again, they would. Landed with their ships, and killed man, woman and child in their beds. Now then, that's the truth what I'm telling you, that is; and if you don't believe me, you ast the rector. There he comes: you ast him, I says.

Related Characters: The Old Man (speaker), Paxton, The Rector
Related Symbols: The Crown
Page Number: 308
Explanation and Analysis:
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The Rector Quotes in A Warning to the Curious

The A Warning to the Curious quotes below are all either spoken by The Rector or refer to The Rector. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
History, Culture, and Disrespect Theme Icon
).
A Warning to the Curious Quotes

[…] them Germans would a landed here time and again, they would. Landed with their ships, and killed man, woman and child in their beds. Now then, that's the truth what I'm telling you, that is; and if you don't believe me, you ast the rector. There he comes: you ast him, I says.

Related Characters: The Old Man (speaker), Paxton, The Rector
Related Symbols: The Crown
Page Number: 308
Explanation and Analysis: