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Willard is one of the indentured servants that belongs to the owner of a nearby cattle farm. Willard and his friend (and sometimes romantic partner) Scully often do work on the Vaark farm. Willard grew up working on a tobacco farm in Virginia before being sold up north. He was originally supposed to be indentured until he was 21, but a series of crimes and runaway attempts have extended his servitude far beyond that. Willard and Scully help Jacob build his new, enormous house. They then dig Jacob’s grave when he dies. Willard and Scully also help Sorrow deliver her baby. After Jacob’s death, Willard and Scully help Rebekka keep up the farm.
Willard Quotes in A Mercy
The A Mercy quotes below are all either spoken by Willard or refer to Willard. 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 8
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Although all her life she had been saved by men— Captain, the sawyers’ sons, Sir and now Will and Scully— she was convinced that this time she had done something, something important, by herself.
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Chapter 10
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They once thought they were a kind of family because together they had carved companionship out of isolation. But the family they imagined they had become was false. Whatever each one loved, sought or escaped, their futures were separate and anyone’s guess.
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Willard Quotes in A Mercy
The A Mercy quotes below are all either spoken by Willard or refer to Willard. 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 8
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Although all her life she had been saved by men— Captain, the sawyers’ sons, Sir and now Will and Scully— she was convinced that this time she had done something, something important, by herself.
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Chapter 10
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They once thought they were a kind of family because together they had carved companionship out of isolation. But the family they imagined they had become was false. Whatever each one loved, sought or escaped, their futures were separate and anyone’s guess.
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