The inarticulate miller in Bungay who was in love with Ruby Ruggles. When she ran away to London in search of Sir Felix Carbury, John followed her, thrashed Sir Felix soundly and persuaded Ruby to return to the mill with him.
Had she not been so much the lady, she might have been more the woman.
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GEROULD, WINIFRED GREGORY;
A GUIDE TO TROLLOPE.
© 1948 Princeton
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1976 renewed PUP
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