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A minister from Doris’s church who comes to call on Hagar several times. He attempts to offer her solace through prayer and quiet contemplation, but Hagar rejects his entreaties for her to accept the mercy of God into her life. Nevertheless, Mr. Troy is a good listener, and allows Hagar to tell him many stories about her youth.
Mr. Troy Quotes in The Stone Angel
The The Stone Angel quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Troy or refer to Mr. Troy. 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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Chapter 10 Quotes
Doris returns. She fusses over me, fixes my pillows, rearranges my flowers, does my hair. How I wish she wouldn’t fuss so. She jangles my nerves with her incessant fussing. Mr. Troy has left and is waiting outside in the hall.
“Did you have a nice chat?” she says wistfully. If only she’d stop prodding at me about it. “We didn’t have a single solitary thing to say to one another,” I reply. She bites her lip and looks away. I’m ashamed.
But I won’t take back the words. What business is it of hers, anyway?
Oh, I am unchangeable, unregenerate. I go on speaking in the same way, always, and the same touchiness rises within me at the slightest thing.
“Doris—I didn’t speak the truth. He sang for me, and it did me good.”
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Just as Hagar gave her ring to Doris for Tina in the previous chapter, she now too tries to give something to Doris herself. When Doris has previously brought Mr. Tory to talk with Hagar, Hagar has dismissed the man as a useless dolt and claimed that their talks have done nothing for her. This most recent visit with Mr. Troy, however, has actually moved and calmed Hagar. She tries to lie about the truth of what transpired in the room with Mr. Tory to Doris—but then realizes that she is, in lying, sealing herself up in hard, unchangeable stone. 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 expedi
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Mr. Troy Character Timeline in The Stone Angel
The timeline below shows where the character Mr. Troy appears in The Stone Angel. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 1
...her to an evening church service. Hagar declines, and Doris says she’ll bring the minister, Mr. Troy , to come call on Hagar later in the week. Hagar tries to dismiss Doris’s...
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Chapter 2
The following week, Mr. Troy calls on Hagar—but he has picked a bad day to visit. Hagar is feeling unwell....
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Back in the present, Mr. Troy marvels at the story Hagar has been telling. He asks if she has any friends...
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...seen the advertisement, but does not mention it, and instead asks about her visit with Mr. Troy . Hagar replies that Mr. Troy is a stupid man with bad teeth.
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Chapter 4
Doris calls Mr. Troy once again, knowing their family is in need of advice. He comes to talk with...
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Chapter 10
Hagar wakes from a nap to find Doris and Mr. Troy at her bedside. Doris leaves the two of them to talk while she goes to...
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Several hours after Doris and Mr. Troy have left, Hagar has another visitor, a young man whom she doesn’t immediately recognize. The...
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