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Ambrose Ashley
Signor Rainaldi is Rachel’s close friend and advisor, who is also Italian. Ambrose and Philip both suspect Rainaldi of being in love with Rachel. Rainaldi is depicted as self-absorbed and condescending, but it is difficult for the reader to gauge whether Philip is correct in thinking Rainaldi to also be cold and sinister, or if he is just jealous and paranoid.
Signor Rainaldi Quotes in My Cousin Rachel
The My Cousin Rachel quotes below are all either spoken by Signor Rainaldi or refer to Signor Rainaldi. 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 26
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As I lay there in the darkness I was not aware of danger, or of fear. Only compassion. I saw her as someone not responsible for what she did, besmirched by evil. Compelled and driven by the man who had power over her, lacking, through fault of circumstance and birth, in some deep moral sense, she was capable by instinct and by impulse of this final act. I wanted to save her from herself, and knew not how.
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Signor Rainaldi Quotes in My Cousin Rachel
The My Cousin Rachel quotes below are all either spoken by Signor Rainaldi or refer to Signor Rainaldi. 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:
).
Chapter 26
Quotes
As I lay there in the darkness I was not aware of danger, or of fear. Only compassion. I saw her as someone not responsible for what she did, besmirched by evil. Compelled and driven by the man who had power over her, lacking, through fault of circumstance and birth, in some deep moral sense, she was capable by instinct and by impulse of this final act. I wanted to save her from herself, and knew not how.
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