Harry
Harry is an American writer who has spent his recent years married to various rich women in order to live a life of luxury. Stranded while on safari in Africa with his current wife Helen…
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Helen
Helen is Harry’s wife, a wealthy woman who likes to drink, shoot, and make love. Her first husband died while she was relatively young. Struggling to bear the weight of the loss, she turned to…
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Compton
“Compie” turns out to be a character in Harry’s deathbed hallucinations, as he never left his cot by Helen’s side at the camp. A friend of Harry and Helen’s, Harry imagines Compie flying…
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Minor Characters
Molo
An African servant boy provided on the safari trip. He helps change the dressings on Harry’s infected leg, serves drinks, and helps move Harry’s cot.
