Bates, Mr.

Garderner at Cheverel Manor; a great friend of Caterina. In the lists of originals which were made in Nuneaton after the publication of Scenes of Clerical Life, the original of Mr. Bates was said to be Baines, the gardener at Arbury.

<em>Mr. Gilfil's Love Story, Scenes of Clerical Life</em>

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