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Alice Fletcher
Jennet is one of the Fletchers’ household servants. She is sour-tempered and rude. Hope describes her as an “untired and tiresome railer,” or complainer. Jennet gets Nelema in trouble for using “witchcraft” (tribal remedies) to save Master Cradock’s life. Later, in Boston, she plots with Sir Philip to foil Hope Leslie, but she gets what is coming to her when she’s mistakenly kidnapped instead and killed in the explosion of Chaddock’s ship.
Jennet Quotes in Hope Leslie
The Hope Leslie quotes below are all either spoken by Jennet or refer to Jennet. 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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Volume 2, Chapter 12
Quotes
Rosa did not set down the lamp, but moved forward one or two steps with it in her hand, and then paused. She seemed revolving some dreadful purpose in her mind. […]
"Why do you not obey me? Miss Leslie is suffocating—set down the lamp, I say, and call assistance. Damnation!" he screamed, "what means the girl?" as Rosa made one desperate leap forward, and shrieking, "it cannot be worse for any of us!" threw the lamp into the barrel.
The explosion was instantaneous—the hapless, pitiable girl—her guilty destroyer—his victim—the crew—the vessel, rent to fragments, were hurled into the air, and soon engulfed in the waves.
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Jennet Quotes in Hope Leslie
The Hope Leslie quotes below are all either spoken by Jennet or refer to Jennet. 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:
).
Volume 2, Chapter 12
Quotes
Rosa did not set down the lamp, but moved forward one or two steps with it in her hand, and then paused. She seemed revolving some dreadful purpose in her mind. […]
"Why do you not obey me? Miss Leslie is suffocating—set down the lamp, I say, and call assistance. Damnation!" he screamed, "what means the girl?" as Rosa made one desperate leap forward, and shrieking, "it cannot be worse for any of us!" threw the lamp into the barrel.
The explosion was instantaneous—the hapless, pitiable girl—her guilty destroyer—his victim—the crew—the vessel, rent to fragments, were hurled into the air, and soon engulfed in the waves.
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