Jonah Tillinghast
Clerk, First Arkham Savings Bank; amateur astronomer
- Age
- 38
- From
- New England
- Lives
- No. 11 Pell Street — Irregular Interior
- Now
- On holiday — New York
Before Arkham's business
Has totted up other people's money for sixteen years. On clear nights he carries a three-inch refractor to French Hill and counts the stars twice.
Anxious, precise, secretly romantic. Apologises before he speaks.
Afraid of
Making an error · Open spaces at night
Believes
The sky is the one ledger that always balances.
From the journal
New York. Quiet here. I don't think about Arkham much. Apologised to a hatstand in the lobby. Mrs.
New York. Somebody asked me what Arkham is like. I said 'damp'. Mr. Farley's cigar again.
New York. The air is different. I sleep with the window open and nothing comes in. Mother writes that the Pawtucket church has a new organ. She has enclosed a clipping.
New York. Somebody asked me what Arkham is like. I said 'damp'. Observed a single lamp burning low.