A Londoner who leaves the city when an outbreak of the plague strikes it. He ends up at a dinner party in Eyam (before the plague strikes the town) at the Bradford's house at which Anna is serving the food. He mocks anyone who reacted to the plague in London by trying to help the sick rather than fleeing in order to protect their own lives. Mompellion reacts to this argument with consternation.
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Part 2: The Thunder of His Voice
...to ask after Anna’s well-being, a breach of convention that shocks the others. A foppish young man from London catches Anna’s attention when he tells the guests about a recent plague outbreak...
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The young man belittles as fools everyone altruistic enough to stay in London to fight the plague, and...
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