Who Is Mr. Shepherd?
The lawyer who arranges renting out Kellynch
Mr. Shepherd is Sir Walter Elliot's lawyer and the Elliot family's agent. He is careful and polite, and skilled at guiding a conversation without offending his employer.
He gently raises the reality of the family's debts and, flattering Sir Walter's vanity, hints that he should rent out Kellynch Hall. Noticing that naval officers will be coming ashore now that the war is over, he introduces Admiral Croft as a tenant.
His daughter is Mrs. Clay, and both father and daughter become involved in the Elliot family's fortunes.
Episodes featuring this character2
NEWEpisode 1
Please Stay Out of the MirrorPersuasion
In a grand house sinking under debt, Anne Elliot, the middle daughter, is the one no one in her family listens to. Her vain father and older sister insist they can't possibly give up a single horse or servant. In the end the family decides to let the house and move to Bath. Then, at dusk, a single word drifts through a doorway — "navy" — and for one moment, Anne's eyes waver.
19 pages
NEWEpisode 2
My Ex's Sister Is Moving Into My HousePersuasion (Jane Austen)
While her family turns choosing a tenant into a comedy, settling on a navy admiral, 27-year-old Anne Elliot ends up saying a name before anyone else can. It belongs to the man she gave up more than seven years ago. Out on the woodland path, she remembers the summer she was nineteen, and quietly accepts that his sister is about to live in her home.
19 pages