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The English Banker
the banker
also: старик-англичанин, the old Englishman
A wealthy, elderly English passenger with a repellent red face who pays the pastor a bundle of banknotes for access to the bride, the story's climactic revelation.
Reading notes
- At Sea (a sailor's story) §16 a banker
A wealthy, elderly English passenger who pays the pastor for access to his bride, revealed at the story's climax to have purchased her.