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A young man Captain Kidd and Johanna meet outside Durand. He’s part of a marauding cowboy game making mischief in the absence of any real government after the Civil War. He and his brothers make the Captain bribe them to enter the town, but a repentant John Calley later attends the Captain’s reading and befriends him. Several years later, when visiting the captain to talk about his cattle farming work, he meets the teenage Johanna, falls in love, and marries her.
John Calley Quotes in News of the World
The News of the World quotes below are all either spoken by John Calley or refer to John Calley. 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:
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Chapter 15 Quotes
Captain Kidd said, It has been said by authorities that the law should apply the same to the king and to the peasant both, it should be written out and placed in the city square for all to see, it should be written simply and in the language of the common people, lest the people grow weary of their burdens.
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Chapter 22 Quotes
We will come to visit often, she said. You are my cuuative watah. Then she began to sob.
Yes, he said. He shut his eyes and prayed he would not start crying himself. And you are my dearest little warrior.
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John Calley Character Timeline in News of the World
The timeline below shows where the character John Calley appears in News of the World. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 15
...up a chair for the Captain and gathering the dimes himself. He introduces himself as John Calley and apologizes for taking the Captain’s money earlier.
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Captain Kidd asks John if he fought in the war, and John says he did, as a 17-year-old. The...
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Captain Kidd asks if John is planning to read law, but the young man responds in the negative, saying he’s...
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Chapter 22
One day John Calley, whom Captain Kidd had met in Durand, comes to pay a visit. When he...
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John decides to stay in South Texas and gather cattle in the area, a dangerous but...
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After her wedding, Johanna joins John on his long cattle rides, returning to the wandering life she’s always yearned for. It’s...
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Britt Johnson and his men are killed in a Comanche raid during one of their freighting trips....
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