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Bessy Witter/Mrs. Carson
Along with his wife Mrs. Sturgis, Ben Sturgis—a kindly old Liverpool boatman—gives Mary Barton shelter when she loses the address of the place she was supposed to stay in Liverpool during Jem Wilson’s trial for murder. He and his wife also provide Mary with a place to convalesce after she has a seizure and collapses at Jem’s trial.
The Old Boatman/Ben Sturgis Quotes in Mary Barton
The Mary Barton quotes below are all either spoken by The Old Boatman/Ben Sturgis or refer to The Old Boatman/Ben Sturgis. 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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Chapter 31
Quotes
“I almost misdoubt thee, thou’rt so pretty. Well-a-well! It’s the bad ones as have the broken hearts, sure enough; good folk never get utterly cast down, they’ve always getten hope in the Lord; it’s the sinful as bear the bitter, bitter grief in their crushed hearts, poor souls; it’s them we ought, most of all, to pity and help.”
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The Old Boatman/Ben Sturgis Quotes in Mary Barton
The Mary Barton quotes below are all either spoken by The Old Boatman/Ben Sturgis or refer to The Old Boatman/Ben Sturgis. 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:
).
Chapter 31
Quotes
“I almost misdoubt thee, thou’rt so pretty. Well-a-well! It’s the bad ones as have the broken hearts, sure enough; good folk never get utterly cast down, they’ve always getten hope in the Lord; it’s the sinful as bear the bitter, bitter grief in their crushed hearts, poor souls; it’s them we ought, most of all, to pity and help.”
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