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Dorothy
James is a staff member at Manor House and Dorothy’s husband. He looks down on Dorothy for having grown up on a farm, while he has spent his entire life living with the Furnivalls. James coldly dismisses Hester’s questions regarding the sound of the organ playing in the house, attempting to avoid the unnerving subject.
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James Character Timeline in The Old Nurse’s Story
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The Old Nurse’s Story
...in that wilderness of a house.” Both of their rooms feature lit fireplaces. They meet James and his wife, Dorothy, staff members who make them feel comfortable in the house. Hester...
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...usually when she’s putting Miss Rosamond to bed. However, when she asks Dorothy about it, James insists that all she heard was the wind. Her question scares Dorothy and Agnes, however....
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...the organ music from Agnes next, though she had always seen Agnes as her inferior, James and Dorothy being Hester’s equals and Agnes being their servant. Agnes admits she’s heard the...
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