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Jacky Pascoe is an intinerant preacher who promotes an emotional approach to Christianity that is at odds with the established church of which Rev. Samuel Raymond was a part. He is a Bryanite or Bible Christian and there is some evidence that his character was based on a nineteenth century Bryanite preacher called Billy Bray.
The novel describes the arrival of Pascoe at the parsonage after he is the sole survivor of a wreck and appears remarkably unconcerned about the fate of the others in the vessel he was in. He is described as a small man with a balding head with greying whisps drawn forward from the ears, with face shaven and puckered.
After encouraging the disastrous ‘devil hunt’ Pascoe regrets the influence he has had on Squire Moyle. After the death of Moyle, he writes an abject letter to Raymond and leaves the village.
You can read more about Jacky Pascoe and Billy Bray in this article ‘Samuel Raymond and Jacky Pascoe’.