"Retribution" is a short story by Lucy Maud Montgomery, first published in The Road to Yesterday in 1974. It is also included in The Blythes Are Quoted (2009).
Description[]
One evening in Prince Edward Island, Clarissa Wilcox hurries over from Mowbray Narrows to Lowbridge upon hearing that old David Anderson is dying. She is determined that he should hear some home truths about his life — yet all is not as it seems.
Plot[]
Appearances[]
Characters
- Captain David Anderson
- Rose Anderson (mentioned only)
- David and Rose's son (mentioned only)
- Susan Baker
- Gilbert Blythe
- Kenneth Ford (mentioned only)
- John Lovel (mentioned only)
- Lucy Marks (mentioned only)
- Mrs. Marks (mentioned only)
- Lloyd Norman (mentioned only)
- Dr. Parker (mentioned only)
- Anne Shirley
- Blanche Wilcox
- Clarissa Wilcox
- Mr. Wilcox (mentioned only)
- Susan Baker's aunt (mentioned only)
- Susan Baker's grandfather (mentioned only)
- An artist (mentioned only)
- A nurse
- A schoolteacher (mentioned only)
Places
- Anderson house
- Ceylon (mentioned only)
- Four Winds Harbour
- Glen St. Mary
- House of Dreams (mentioned only)
- Ingleside
- Lowbridge
- Lowbridge cemetery (mentioned only)
- Lowbridge church (mentioned only)
- Main Street, Lowbridge
- Mandalay (mentioned only)
- Mowbray Narrows (mentioned only)
- Singapore (mentioned only)
- A school (mentioned only)
Miscellaneous