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Henry’s Wife
One of the grizzled miners still living on the Stanislaus. Alongside Charley and Joe, Tom plays along with Henry’s delusion that his wife will soon return in order to spare their friend from going “wild.” Following the narrator, who stays with Henry expecting to meet his returning wife, Tom arrives at Henry’s cottage and acts thrilled to hear the letter she penned, in which she gives Tom warm greetings.
Tom Quotes in The Californian’s Tale
The The Californian’s Tale quotes below are all either spoken by Tom or refer to Tom. 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 Californian’s Tale
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Round about California in that day were scattered a host of these living dead men—pride-smitten poor fellows, grizzled and old at forty, whose secret thoughts were made all of regrets and longings.
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“I've seen her fix all these things so much that I can do them all just her way, though I don't know the law of any of them. But she knows the law. She knows the why and the how both; but I don't know the why; I only know the how.”
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Joe brought the glasses on a waiter, and served the party. I reached for one of the two remaining glasses, but Joe growled, under his breath: "Drop that! Take the other." Which I did. Henry was served last.
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Never has been sane an hour since. But he only gets bad when that time of the year comes round. Then we begin to drop in here, three days before she's due, to encourage him up.
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Tom Quotes in The Californian’s Tale
The The Californian’s Tale quotes below are all either spoken by Tom or refer to Tom. 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 Californian’s Tale
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Round about California in that day were scattered a host of these living dead men—pride-smitten poor fellows, grizzled and old at forty, whose secret thoughts were made all of regrets and longings.
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“I've seen her fix all these things so much that I can do them all just her way, though I don't know the law of any of them. But she knows the law. She knows the why and the how both; but I don't know the why; I only know the how.”
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Joe brought the glasses on a waiter, and served the party. I reached for one of the two remaining glasses, but Joe growled, under his breath: "Drop that! Take the other." Which I did. Henry was served last.
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Never has been sane an hour since. But he only gets bad when that time of the year comes round. Then we begin to drop in here, three days before she's due, to encourage him up.
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