Intellectual, austere, morally rigid. A decent man undone by repressed desire he cannot name. Dignified, pitiable, and ultimately consumed
Measured, scholarly, with an undercurrent of strain. His voice tightens when Uliana is mentioned.
To control his "detested feeling" for Uliana — by keeping her close, then by crushing her when she threatens his self-image
He has composed a scholarly treatise on temptation, and hidden inside its pages is a crude sketch of her face.
