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Stephen Blackpool
Rachael is a good, gentle woman who works at Bounderby's factory with Stephen and who is Stephen's best friend and only consolation in the hard times he goes through. She helps Stephen care for his drunken wife when she occasionally returns to haunt him, and is the sole defender of his innocence when, thanks to Tom, he becomes the main suspect in the Bank robbery. Stephen dies holding her hand.
Rachael Quotes in Hard Times
The Hard Times quotes below are all either spoken by Rachael or refer to Rachael. 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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Book 1, Chapter 12
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No word of a new marriage had ever passed between them; but Rachael had taken great pity on him years ago, and to her alone he had opened his closed heart all this time, on the subject of his miseries; and he knew very well that if he were free to ask her, she would take him.
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Rachael Quotes in Hard Times
The Hard Times quotes below are all either spoken by Rachael or refer to Rachael. 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:
).
Book 1, Chapter 12
Quotes
No word of a new marriage had ever passed between them; but Rachael had taken great pity on him years ago, and to her alone he had opened his closed heart all this time, on the subject of his miseries; and he knew very well that if he were free to ask her, she would take him.
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