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John is a man whom Culla Holme encounters on his journey when John catches Holme sleeping in John’s father’s abandoned cabin. He hauls Holme before the lawman and demands that he be charged with and punished for trespassing and is disappointed and angry when he learns that he will not and cannot benefit personally from Holme’s sentence of 10 days’ hard labor.
John Quotes in Outer Dark
The Outer Dark quotes below are all either spoken by John or refer to John. 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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18. Pages 195-208 Quotes
The old lady’ll fix ye a bed here in the kitchen. You ain’t no desperate outlaw, are ye? Ain’t murdered nobody?
No sir. I don’t reckon.
Don’t reckon eh? The squire smiled.
Holme wasn’t smiling. He was looking at the floor.
Get ye fattened up a little here on the old woman’s cookin you’ll be all right, the squire said. Might get some work out of ye then. You reckon?
Yessir. I ain’t scared to work.
The squire had tilted back in his chair, regarding him. I don’t believe you’re no bad feller Holme, he said. I don’t believe you’re no lucky feller neither. My daddy always claimed a man made his own luck. But that’s disputable, I reckon.
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When a man named John catches Culla Holme squatting in John’s father’s old cabin, he drags Holme before the local lawman (“squire” being short for “esquire,” indicating a lawyer or other authority figure) who sentences him to a fine of $5 or 10 days hard labor (at the rate of 50 cents a day) until he’s paid his due for trespassing. The kindly lawman gives Holme a place to stay, at least temporarily, providing another example of how important hospitality and generosity can be. Note how Holme says he isn’t scared to work. He’s not exactly working voluntarily here, though, Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam q
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John Character Timeline in Outer Dark
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18. Pages 195-208
...the barrel of a shotgun held by a man with blue eyes (later identified as John). John makes Holme get up and ushers him out of the house without letting him...
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The lawman is eating breakfast. John says that he found Holme squatting in his father’s old house. He demands justice. In...
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...he has some breakfast. The lawman gestures to his wife to get Holme a plate. John wants to know how many of those 10 days Holme will be working for him....
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