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In 19th-century England, the overseer who managed a landed family’s estate. This was Gabriel Betteredge’s job for most of his life, until he grew old and Lady Julia Verinder made him something of a butler instead (the post he occupies during the events of the novel).
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Bailiff Term Timeline in The Moonstone
The timeline below shows where the term Bailiff appears in The Moonstone. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
The Loss of the Diamond: Gabriel Betteredge: Chapter 2
...and Julia thought Betteredge indispensable, and Betteredge loved them both. Julia made Betteredge their lands’ bailiff, and with a cottage, interesting work, and Robinson Crusoe, all Betteredge needed in life was...
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