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Henry James brainstormed character names in a notebook entry before arriving at "Marcher" for "The Beast in the Jungle." Names that didn't make the cut: "Assingham -- Padwick -- Lutch -- Marfle -- Bross -- Crapp -- Didcock -- Wichells -- Putchin -- Brind -- Coxeter ... Coxster ... Dickwinter ... Jakes ... Marcher--" (Notebook, 1901)