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Robert ejaculates while following her upstairs to her room.

She selects Robert from the group of men at the brothel one night. EllaĪ prostitute working at Lady Dreyfus's brothel. Taffler loses both his arms during the war and attempts suicide but is unsuccessful when Lady Juliet d'Orsey unwittingly catches him in the act. Robert later witnesses Taffler having sex with another man. In him, Robert hopes to find a mentor to help him gain the will to kill another human being. Eugene TafflerĪ decorated war hero who has a habit of throwing stones at glass bottles with amazing accuracy. Robert later sees him when Poole delivers his missing kit bag to him, just following Robert's rape. He can play the bugle but declined to join the military band because he wouldn't actually be fighting the war if he did. Willie PooleĪ bugler who rides with Robert into Belgium. He is sent out on a train with wounded soldiers. After the German attack on the dugout, Levitt is shaken badly and unable to continue at the front. He is obsessed with Clausewitz's writings on war and carries many books with him. LevittĪ soldier in the dugout whom Robert comes to know. He secures a pistol for Robert and is the only family member to attend Robert's funeral. He presents a face of unconditional love to his son and his family, even when his relationship with his wife is deteriorating. She harbors an alcohol addiction throughout the novel.

However, she is the most affected by his absence and eventually goes blind after hearing that Robert is missing in action. Her relationship with Robert appears to be severed when he leaves for the front. What is significant is that he hasn't lost all of it.

By the end of the novel, he has lost a great deal of faith in the world and in humanity. He encounters great horrors on the front that affect him greatly but do not change his kind disposition. He is haunted by the death of his sister, Rowena, who fell from her wheelchair when he was supposed to be watching over her. Deeply empathetic, Robert has a kinship with all animals. The main character of the novel, Robert is a Canadian soldier who goes to Europe to fight the German forces during World War I. A maid for the Ross family who comes to spend most of her time with Mrs.