Rodolfo Mather-Steiner
Character
Consort of Eartha Mather-Steiner, treble-voiced widower and subsequent patron of rival nymphs. Bereavement does not protect against the algorithm.
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From the books (7 passages)
…this means been expelled, they heaved her over onto her back, and in a most touching scene Mr Rodolfo Mather-Steiner was prevailed upon to administer the kiss of life to his dear lady.
Mr Rodolfo Mather-Steiner’s endeavours to succour his lady were in some measure successful, for that personage was heard to vent a series of grunts and gasps. Quite suddenly, her eyes opened, and fixed an unblinking stare upon her husband’s head as it hovered over her.
…The doors swung open again, this time revealing Rodolfo Mather-Steiner the sadly bereft consort of the late Eartha, and all who sailed in her. This specimen approached the hot tub with a daintily self-effacing and yet lugubrious tread, and spake in his reedy treble.
Rodolfo Mather-Steiner now fell to his knees, and spoke in sepulchral tones.
…When I came upon the scene, I found Rodolfo Mather-Steiner balanced on one foot, leaning for support on the not-unredoubtable form of Petra Mountjoy. One shoe, sundered from its wearer, bore the mark, inevitably, of the Phantom Crapper’s foulness. Those two personages as I approached, looked daggers at me, for it was evident that they yet harboured strong suspicions as to my complicity in the case. I steadfastly met their…
…For a strong voice for moderation was that of the bandy-legged little jockey Rodolfo Mather-Steiner. This old loon, who had imbibed the principles of pacifism from his Quaker hinterland and persisted in seeing the good in everyone, added his piping treble to the plangent clamour for restraint. And we may speculate as to the likelihood of Herod staying his hand, if only to get some peace from that incessant whining…
…For be it recalled that the Fates picked out every third surviving Spartacist, Rodolfo as number 7 being in this manner the third after numbers 2 and 4, respectively in their everyday lives Marshall Petoman the flatulist and Agape Wydon, the latter of whom we know to have functioned in some wise as an associate of Colloid. Continuing in this manner, after Rodolfo, the Angel of Death passed over Face…