Butch Lovemaiden

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3684
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Butch Lovemaiden
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Lovemaiden, Butch
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
No
Biography: 

Butch, the deputy sheriff who bullies Boon and Corrie in Parsham in The Reivers, says his last name is "Lovemaiden" (187). This could be true, though it's not impossible that he gives himself that name as another way to annoy Boon. He is described as being "almost as big as Boon and almost as ugly, with a red face and a badge" (168) and "a bachelor" (190). Lucius says he smells of "sweat and whiskey" (170).

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