The Secret Garden
Pitcher
Mr. Craven's manservant
A taciturn, deaf manservant who is wholly devoted to Mr. Craven and rarely speaks to anyone else.
Pitcher is Archibald Craven's personal attendant and valet. He is taciturn, stony and deaf, and he is completely loyal to his master. He rarely speaks to anyone else in the manor.
He belongs to the quiet, shut-up side of Misselthwaite: a household that has been arranged around one man's grief. He is a small figure in the story, but a reminder of how closed off the manor has been. His deafness and his silence keep him apart from the rest of the household. Whatever he thinks, he keeps to himself, and his loyalty to Archibald never wavers.
In the story
Contains spoilers.
Pitcher is part of Archibald's household. He does not appear in the garden, which belongs to Mary, Colin, Dickon and Ben, and he has no part in the children's secret.
When Archibald returns from his travels to a household that has been transformed, Pitcher is part of the staff whose routines have gone on without knowing what is happening in the garden.
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