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Mr. Duffy
A predictable, unadventurous bank cashier who is the short story’s protagonist. Mr. Duffy lives a dull, solitary life until he meets Mrs. Sinico at the opera and develops a relationship with her.
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Mrs. Sinico
A clever, friendly woman in an unhappy marriage. She meets Mr. Duffy by chance after they are seated next to each other at a concert hall and the two of them develop a friendship.
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Mr. Sinico
Mrs. Sinico’s absent husband who is a captain of a mercantile boat plying between Dublin and Holland. He is interviewed in the article announcing Mrs. Sinico’s death where he reveals that he and his wife were having problems for the last two years of her life.
Mary Sinico
Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Sinicio who attends the concert with her mother where Mrs. Sinicio and Mr. Duffy meet. She is interviewed in the article announcing Mrs. Sinico’s death, where she reveals that her mother had a drinking problem.
