A character in The Two Magics: The Turn of the Screw, Covering End
The Two Magics: The Turn of the Screw, Covering End by James, Henry
The ancient, devoted manservant of the old house in Covering End who admits the visitors and tends the estate, embodying the long history of the place.
Also known as: the old man, the old servant, the caretaker
Inside the story
Chivers is the ancient, devoted manservant of the old house at Covering End. He admits visitors, tends the estate, and stands as a living link to the house’s long history.
A considerably shrunken, completely silvered old servant with a drooping kind white head and idle old hands almost covered by the sleeves of an aged black dress-coat, finished with a white necktie he has done up himself in honour of the day.
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