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The Aunt
A child in the same household as Nicholas and the aunt. He is either Nicholas’s younger brother or his boy-cousin, but the story doesn’t specify which. Just after the other children depart for Jagborough, Nicholas mentions to the aunt that Bobby won’t enjoy himself on the excursion since his boots are too tight. When the aunt wonders why Bobby didn’t mention the boots to her, Nicholas says that Bobby told her about it (twice!) but that she never listens to them. When the children return from the beach later in the story, Bobby is indeed grumpy because his boots were too tight, which prevented him from having any fun on the trip. Bobby’s character highlights Nicholas’s powers of observation and deduction as well as the aunt’s ignorance of the real concerns the children have.
Bobby Quotes in The Lumber Room
The The Lumber Room quotes below are all either spoken by Bobby or refer to Bobby. 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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The Lumber Room Quotes
“Bobby won’t enjoy himself much, and he won’t race much either,” said Nicholas with a grim chuckle; “his boots are hurting him. They’re too tight.”
“Why didn’t he tell me they were hurting?” asked the aunt with some asperity.
“He told you twice, but you weren’t listening. You often don’t listen when we tell you important things.”
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Bobby Character Timeline in The Lumber Room
The timeline below shows where the character Bobby appears in The Lumber Room. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
The Lumber Room
...will all have a great time playing on the sand. Nicholas informs the aunt that Bobby won’t, since his boots are too tight. The aunt wonders why Bobby didn’t mention his...
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...of organising her punitive expedition.” They hadn’t been able to play on the sands, and Bobby’s tight boots had put him in a grumpy mood. The aunt is upset after being...
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