Mr. Nipper is Lorinda Pike’s smug business partner at the Beulah Valley Tavern. Nipper and Pike invest equal amounts of money in the Tavern, but unlike Pike, Nipper does no work to maintain the property or serve the guests. After Windrip takes office, Nipper opportunistically sues Pike and convinces Judge Effingham Swan to grant him full ownership of the Tavern. He tries to make Pike keep working in the kitchen, but she eventually quits.
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Mr. Nipper Character Timeline in It Can’t Happen Here
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Chapter 11
...outlaw friend Alfred “Snake” Tizra, the unkempt dairy farmer Aras Dilley, Lorinda Pike’s business partner Mr. Nipper , and Emil Staubmeyer all giddily tell Doremus Jessup that Windrip will make them rich....
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Chapter 18
...and demanded lower prices for Minute Men. She has also learned that her business partner, Mr. Nipper , is suing her in the county court tomorrow. Jessup advises her to hire his...
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Chapter 19
Lorinda Pike and Mr. Nipper leave the courtroom, and Aras Dilley joyously tells Jessup that the judge has given Nipper...
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...at Ledue, but Swan stops him. Ledue declares that Lorinda Pike is having sex with Mr. Nipper , too—and most of the men who stay at the Tavern.
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