Mr. Wace is the Brymptons’ butler. Hartley describes him as “a serious, slow-spoken man” and a “great Bible-reader,” but he has an unusual trait for a butler: a strong dislike for his employer. He is clearly aggravated by Mr. Brympton’s presence in the house and, on these occasions, swears up a storm. Mr. Wace’s dislike of Mr. Brympton can be viewed as more evidence that Mr. Brympton is a dastardly character.
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Part 2
...is that the other servants are greatly bothered by the man’s presence in the house: Mr. Wace , the butler, normally a soft-spoken man, reaches deep into his repertoire of Biblical language...
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