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While the druggist is a minor character, he nevertheless plays an important role: he is the one who provides a mysterious stranger, presumably the Lonely One, with Lavinia’s address. As such, he seals Lavinia’s fate at the end of the story. However, he is not a malicious figure. When he realizes he shouldn’t have revealed Lavinia’s residence to the man, he feels guilty and tries to compensate by giving Lavinia a bag of candy for free.
The Druggist Quotes in The Whole Town’s Sleeping
The The Whole Town’s Sleeping quotes below are all either spoken by The Druggist or refer to The Druggist . 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 Whole Town’s Sleeping Quotes
“We’re all overwrought,” said Lavinia. “I simply won’t take a taxi if you get one. If I’m the next victim, let me be the next. There’s all too little excitement in life, especially for a maiden lady thirty-three years old, so don’t you mind if I enjoy it.”
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Lavinia, Francine, and Helen visit the town’s drugstore for candy before the movies, and the druggist admits that he told a mysterious stranger where Lavinia lives. Lavinia’s friends are alarmed, and Helen announces that she is calling a taxi to take all of them home, but Lavinia refuses. Up until this point, Lavinia’s dismissal of her friends’ more cautious suggestions seem reasonable. She uses logic to make decisions, arguing, for example, that the Lonely One won’t stay in the vicinity while the police conduct their investigation. But now a new motive for staying out emerges: she enjoys excitement and thrills. 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 expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Vol
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The Druggist Character Timeline in The Whole Town’s Sleeping
The timeline below shows where the character The Druggist appears in The Whole Town’s Sleeping. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
The Whole Town’s Sleeping
The three women visit the drugstore to buy candy for the movie. The druggist who serves them tells Lavinia that when she’d been in earlier that afternoon, a man...
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