Unnamed Father of Belle and Joan

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1548
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Unnamed Father of Belle and Joan
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Unnamed Father of Belle and Joan
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No
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Mentioned only briefly in Flags in the Dust, while the narrative is summing up Joan Heppleton's life, the man who is both her and Belle Mitchell's father is identified with the quality of "bitter reserve" (322). The reference to him in Sanctuary adds the detail that he lives "in Kentucky"; Belle stays there with him, offstage, more most of the novel (260).