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McAllister is Lord Emsworth’s head gardener, having worked at the estate for over 10 years. In contrast to his bumbling, upper-class employer, McAllister is an intelligent and dignified working-class man, if “a bit short on sweetness and light.” Despite his lower placement in the social hierarchy, McAllister is entirely unafraid of standing up to Emsworth’s more irrational demands, and he refuses to follow orders unless given good reason to. McAllister’s principles are so strong, that when he is asked to banish his own cousin, he simply resigns from his position and refuses to return until given adequate incentive to do so. McAllister is an exceptionally talented gardener, and it seems that he is singlehandedly responsible for the success of Lord Emsworth’s pumpkin at the Shrewsbury Show.
Angus McAllister Quotes in The Custody of the Pumpkin
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The Custody of the Pumpkin Quotes
And, though normally a fair-minded and reasonable man, well aware that modern earls must think twice before pulling the feudal stuff on their employés, he took on the forthright truculence of a large landowner of the early Normal period ticking off a serf.
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A curious expression came into Angus McAllister’s face—always excepting the occupied territories. It was the look of a man who has not forgotten Bannockburn, a man conscious of belonging to the country of William Wallace and Robert the Bruce.
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In an age of rush and hurry like that of today, an age in which there are innumerable calls on the time of everyone, it is possible that here and there throughout the ranks of those who have read this chronicle there may be one or two who for various reasons found themselves unable to attend the last Agricultural Show at Shrewsbury.
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Angus McAllister Character Timeline in The Custody of the Pumpkin
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The Custody of the Pumpkin
...She’s an American, and a “sort of cousin” of the estate’s Scottish head gardener, Angus McAllister. This information rattles Emsworth even further. While he had imagined many “unpleasant visions” of his...
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Following this conversation, Emsworth rushes across the terrace to confront McAllister. Despite being “well aware that modern earls must think twice before pulling the feudal stuff...
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...the Shrewsbury Show. Emsworth feels this mark on his family’s history deeply. Ten days after McAllister’s departure, the Lord suffers a terrible dream in which King George himself arrives to view...
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...wakes with the “Sovereign’s disappointed screams ringing in his ears,” and decides that while reinstating McAllister would mean “surrender,” he needs the gardener back for the pumpkin’s sake. The following morning,...
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It is at this moment Emsworth glances at his spectators and finds among them McAllister and Mr Donaldson. The Lord appeals to McAllister for help, and despite what has passed...
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With this conversation done, Emsworth turns his attentions to McAllister. Though Emsworth’s “tongue seem[s] to cleave his palette,” he puts aside his pride and begs...
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Some time later, Emsworth and McAllister attend the Shrewsbury Show. Lord Emsworth’s sworn enemy, Sir Gregory Parsloe-Parsloe, offers the Earl his...
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