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Arthur Whitfield

Protagonist

About

An 80-year-old retired schoolteacher, widowed for 15 years. Stoic on the outside, he pours all his unspoken love into weekly letters to his late wife Margaret.

Backstory

Taught literature at the village school for 40 years. Married Margaret for 52 years. They never had children. Since her death, the old red mailbox has become his only confidant.