This character is compared to "Marius brooding among the ruins of Carthage." This character uses an old bandanna handkerchief as a savings bank and under his desk he stores a newspaper containing a morsel of cheese. He seems to subsist entirely on the snacks provided him by a youthful coworker. The narrator says "Ah humanity!" shortly after the death of this man, whom he speculates derived existential angst from his previous job in a dead letter office. This colleague of Nippers and Turkey const
This character is compared to "Marius brooding among the ruins of Carthage." This character uses an old bandanna handkerchief as a savings bank and under his desk he stores a newspaper containing a morsel of cheese. He seems to subsist entirely on the snacks provided him by a youthful coworker. The narrator says "Ah humanity!" shortly after the death of this man, whom he speculates derived existential angst from his previous job in a dead letter office. This colleague of Nippers and Turkey constantly tells people, including his employer, that he would "prefer not to" do tasks. For 10 points, name this title character, a "scrivener" in a Herman Melville story.
This character is compared to "Marius brooding among the ruins of Carthage.
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