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Husbands VII-IX
Also known as Boby (a nickname given by Claire), he was the former Chief Justice of Güllen, who presided over Claire’s paternity trial before taking a job at the Kaffigen Court of Appeals. For the past twenty-five years, he has been in Claire’s service, having been lured away from his prominent post at Kaffigen into becoming a butler by the exorbitant salary she offered him.
Butler Quotes in The Visit
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Correct. Chief Justice Hofer. Forty-five years ago I was Chief Justice of Güllen and then moved on to the Court of Appeal in Kaffigen, until twenty-five years ago Mrs. Zachanassian offered me the opportunity to enter her service as her butler. I accepted. A peculiar career for a man of learning, perhaps, but the salary was so fantastic—
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BUTLER: What happened to you?
CLAIRE ZACHANASSIAN: I became a prostitute.
BUTLER: Why?
CLAIRE ZACHANASSIAN: The court’s verdict turned me into one.
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Butler Quotes in The Visit
The The Visit quotes below are all either spoken by Butler or refer to Butler. 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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Correct. Chief Justice Hofer. Forty-five years ago I was Chief Justice of Güllen and then moved on to the Court of Appeal in Kaffigen, until twenty-five years ago Mrs. Zachanassian offered me the opportunity to enter her service as her butler. I accepted. A peculiar career for a man of learning, perhaps, but the salary was so fantastic—
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BUTLER: What happened to you?
CLAIRE ZACHANASSIAN: I became a prostitute.
BUTLER: Why?
CLAIRE ZACHANASSIAN: The court’s verdict turned me into one.
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