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chractersketch of sir lul worth in blind spot by saki​

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In "The Blind Spot," by Saki, Egbert has just come from his Aunt Adelaide's funeral. He has been named executor and principal heir of her belongings. Egbert is having lunch with his Uncle Lulworth. Egbert desires to share a mysterious letter with his Uncle Lulworth, but Uncle Lulworth will not hear of the matter before or during lunch.

Uncle Lulworth takes his lunch very seriously. He is in awe of his cook, Sebastien. Sebastien came to cook for Uncle Luworth upon the untimely death of Aunt Adelaide's brother Peter for whom Sebastien cooked.

Egbert has a letter with evidence that Peter and Sebastien quarreled. Peter threw coffee in Sebastien's face. Sebastien then muttered something about killing Peter:

I [Peter] got so irritated and annoyed at [Sebastien's] conceit and obstinacy that at last I threw a cupful of coffee in his face and called him at the same time an impudent jackanapes. Very little of the coffee went actually in his face, but I have never seen a human being show such deplorable lack of self-control. I laughed at the threat of killing me that he spluttered out in his rage, and thought the whole thing would blow over, but I have several times since caught him scowling and muttering in a highly unpleasant fashion, and lately I have fancied that he was dogging my footsteps about the grounds, particularly when I walk of an evening in the Italian Garden.'

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