# Mr. Bastin — When the World Shook character guide

> Mr. Bastin in When the World Shook by H. Rider Haggard.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Bastin, Mrs. Bastin, the late Mrs. Bastin, old Bastin, Old Bastin, poor Bastin, the industrious Bastin, dear old Bastin, the Rev. Basil Bastin, Basil Bastin, Basil, old Basil

**First appearance:** 0003-ii-bastin-and-bickley

## Who they are

A fellow clergyman and friend of Arbuthnot, often argumentative and devout.

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