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Frau Becker
Ellie is the daughter-in-law of Becker, who gives Larry and Kosti work on his farm. Ellie’s husband died during World War I, and she lives in Becker’s house with her children. One night, she sneaks into the barn and into Larry’s bed, but Larry thinks it is Frau Becker, who has expressed interest in Larry. After Larry has that unwanted sexual encounter with Ellie, he is worried about what might happen the next day. He then leaves in the middle of the night and eventually travels to Bonn.
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Ellie Character Timeline in The Razor’s Edge
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Part 3, Chapter 2
...that it hadn’t been Frau Becker in the barn; it had been Becker’s widowed daughter-in-law, Ellie. Larry had no clue she had been interested in him. She was always talking about...
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