Unnamed Kinsman of Ratliff
Character Key Number:
2594
Display Name:
Unnamed Kinsman of Ratliff
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Unnamed Kinsman of Ratliff
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
No
Biography:
Part of the time Ratliff is away from Yoknapatawpha in The Hamlet is spent selling sewing machines in Tennessee; there he spends time with "a distant kinsman" - i.e. someone to whom he is distantly related - who owes him money (61).