Forsythe

Forsythe was the Ramkin family butler thirty-odd years ago in Night Watch, at a time when Willikins was merely The Boy. He really didn't deserve to have John Keel storm in one day and lay him out. John Keel must have reflected later that it was a damn good job it hadn't been Willikins he was picking a fight with...

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There is probably a reference here to The Forsyte Saga books by John Galsworthy. Forsythe is obviously lower...