Hope Leslie

by

Catharine Sedgwick

Barnaby Tuttle Character Analysis

Barnaby Tuttle is the meek, mild-mannered prison guard in Boston. He naps on the job and is easily taken advantage of, but he is a genuinely good, compassionate man. After he is hoodwinked into letting Magawisca escape, he is relieved of his duties and lives in happy retirement, playing with his grandson and composing Psalm versifications.
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Barnaby Tuttle Character Timeline in Hope Leslie

The timeline below shows where the character Barnaby Tuttle appears in Hope Leslie. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Volume 2, Chapter 7
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...with a letter of admittance from the Governor. He is duly admitted by the jailkeeper, Barnaby Tuttle. Sir Philip observes that Barnaby is an unlikely prison guard—short, pale, and meek. Barnaby... (full context)
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Barnaby Tuttle leads Sir Philip into the jail. When Tuttle explains that Morton’s cell is adjacent... (full context)
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Barnaby Tuttle finally arrives to free Sir Philip from his predicament—Morton has been trying to suffocate... (full context)
Volume 2, Chapter 8
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...Gorton’s followers, since their sentence is soon to be carried out. Secretly, Governor Winthrop instructs Barnaby Tuttle to move Magawisca into a basement dungeon; soon after, Gorton and his men are... (full context)
Volume 2, Chapter 11
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...passport from the Governor is needed, but Hope insists that she will manage things with Barnaby Tuttle. (full context)
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Barnaby Tuttle takes a long time to respond to their knocking, explaining that he’s in the... (full context)
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When Hope asks to see Magawisca, Barnaby, to her surprise, asks for a permit. Cradock offers to walk home to obtain one,... (full context)
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...who aided pagan enemies, yet he passively allows Hope to take his boots off. With Barnaby approaching, Hope hurriedly coaches Magawisca in a Cradock-like shuffle, and gets Cradock to hide his... (full context)
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When Barnaby tries to get a look at “Cradock” with his lamp, Hope sweeps her shawl in... (full context)
Volume 2, Chapter 14
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...kisses her hand, then goes to the jail to take poor Master Cradock’s place under Barnaby Tuttle’s supervision. (full context)
Volume 2, Chapter 15
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Meanwhile, at the jail, Barnaby Tuttle learns how he’s been tricked. When he takes Everell to Magawisca’s old cell, they... (full context)
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...did Aunt Grafton and Master Cradock. Digby prides himself on having foreseen this marriage, and Barnaby retires to a happy life as a grandfather and versifier of psalms. (full context)