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Unit 6: Joseph Andrews: Picaresque Novel, Its Application and Characterization

Two Ruffians Notes
Highwaymen who beat, rob, and strip Joseph on the first night of his journey.

Postillion

Postilion is the man, who lends Joseph his greatcoat when Joseph is naked following the attack
by the Ruffians.

Mr. Tow-wouse

Mr. Tow-wouse is the master of the inn where Joseph boards after being attacked by the
Ruffians. He intends to lend Joseph one of his own shirts, but his stingy wife prevents him.
Later he is discovered in bed with Betty the chambermaid.

Mrs. Tow-wouse
Mrs. Tow-wouse is the frugal, nagging wife of Mr. Tow-wouse.

Betty

Betty is a chambermaid in the inn of Mr. and Mrs. Tow-wouse. Her initial care of Joseph
bespeaks her basic good nature, but she is also lustful, and her association with him ends
badly.

Mr. Barnabas
Mr. Barnabas clergyman who never passes up a drink and halfheartedly attends Joseph during
his recovery from the attack by the Ruffians.

Surgeon
Belatedly addresses the injuries Joseph sustained during his attack by the Ruffians.

Bookseller

Bookseller is a friend of Mr. Barnabas declines to represent Mr. Adams, author of several
volumes of sermons, in the London book trade.

Tom Suck bribe

Tom Suck bribe is the Constable who fails to guard an imprisoned Ruffian and may have some
financial incentive for failing in this office.

Leonora

Leonora is the reclusive inhabitant of a grand house along the stage-coach route, a shallow
woman who once jilted the hard-working Horatio for the frivolous Bellarmine and then was
jilted in turn.

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