person
The schoolmaster
the schoolmaster
also: der Herr Lehrer, the teacher
The narrator's neighbor, a pedantic local teacher piqued that the children have learned a story he did not tell; a board member of the poor-relief society, he unwittingly thwarts God's design to make men wholly poor.
Reading notes
- Stories of God §28 schoolmaster
The narrator's neighbor, a pedantic teacher piqued that the children know a tale he did not tell; on the poor-relief board, he unwittingly frustrates God's plan to make men wholly poor.