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BAKER, Miss Gladys

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Mother: Mrs. Baker

Brother: Percy Baker

Wally Carter‚s alleged paramour, Gladys is the ticket girl at the Regal Cinema in Fritton who claims to be in the

family way by Wally. Her brother, Percy, intends to see that Wally takes responsibility for Gladys‚ child

BAKER, Mrs.

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Son: Percy Baker

Daughter: Gladys Baker

Mrs. Baker is a widow with whom Galdys lives in Fritton.

BAKER, Percy

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Mother: Mrs. Baker

Sister: Gladys Baker

Percy, who lives and works in Burntside, but visits his family in Fritton on weekends, writes to Wally to notify

him that he expects him to do right by his sister, whom he accuses Wally of having gotten into „trouble‰. He

follows up the letter with two visits to see Wally at Palings.

BAWTRY (nee), Elizabeth

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Father: Tom Bawtry

Mother: Connie Bawtry

MIP as the Bawtry‚s daughter who is now married and living in India

BAWTRY, Mrs. Connie

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Spouse: Tom Bawtry

Daughter: Elizabeth

A member of the local gentry, Connie is a conservative who has recently been ŒChanged‚ and has become

ŒGod-controlled‚. She proselytizes ŒAbsolute Truth and Absolute Love‚ to everyone as the answer to all the

world‚s problems.

BAWTRY, Tom

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Spouse: Connie Bawtry

Daughter: Elizabeth

A member of the local gentry, Tom is good-natured, if not highly intelligent. He considers Ermyntrude Carter a

fine figure of a woman.

BENSON, Miss Florence

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Nickname: Florrie

Maid at the Dower House who wears hair slides

CARTER, Miss Clara

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Cousin: Wally Carter

Clara Carter is Wally‚s wealthy relative who has been residing for ten years in a Home for Mentally Deficients.

Though always referred to as ŒAunt Clara‚, she is actually Wally‚s cousin. According to Wally, as her next of

kin, he is due to come into a lot of money when she dies.

CARTER, Mrs. Ermyntrude

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Nickname: Aunt Ermy (by Mary), Trudinka (by the Prince)

Spouse: Wally Carter

Daughter: Victoria Fanshawe

Kind, generous, easy-going, but distinctly vulgar, Ermyntrude was on the stage before she married Geoffrey

Fanshawe. She inherited great wealth from the late Geoffrey along with Palings, a beautiful house and grounds.

She dotes on her daughter, Vicky, and is extremely proud of her daughter‚s beauty. She indulges Vicky in

everything and, having a dramatic nature herself, revels in Vicky‚s unusual tendency to assume role-playing on

a regular basis. She has long since realized her mistake in marrying the inappropriate Wally, but makes the best

of it. She is having a purported Georgian Prince, whom she met on vacation, to stay for the weekend and Wally

is not pleased. Ermyntrude, however, revels in the very complimentary attention that the Prince pays her.

CARTER, Wallis

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Nickname: Wally

Spouse: Ermyntrude Carter

Stepdaughter: Victoria Fanshawe

Niece: Mary Cliffe

Wally is a dissolute ne‚er-do-well who is regularly in financial difficulty. He was Mary Cliffe‚s guardian until

she reached her majority. He was lucky enough to attach the affections of the wealthy Ermyntrude while on

holiday. He causes Ermyntrude and Mary a great deal of embarrassment and is generally regarded by the

neighborhood as a complete waster. He often alludes to the money he will come into at the death of his ŒAunt‚

Clara, who is really a cousin and has been living in a home for Mentally Deficients for the last ten years.

Everyone takes this story as his excuse for always borrowing money which he vows to pay back after Clara‚s

death.. More than all of his other faults, Ermyntrude resents his spending time with Harold White, whom she

dislikes and distrusts.

CHESTER, Dr. Maurice

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The local GP and long-time friend of Ermyntrude Carter, Maurice is an excellent doctor with a confiding

bedside manner. He is a reliable friend on whom the Carter family can always rely. When the situation at

Palings becomes very trying on the residents, he altruistically invites the Prince to take tea with him on Sunday.

CLIFFE, Miss Mary

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Uncle: Wallis Carter

A steady, reliable, attractive young woman, Mary has for many years borne the embarrassment of her

connection to her uncle and former guardian, the extremely unsteady and unreliable Wally. As Ermyntrude‚s

secretary she is housekeeper, confidante, and general factotum. Her innate sense of decorum requires that she

try to keep the eccentric residents of Palings in some sort of order, but she is usually unsuccessful. Recently she

has been seeing Hugh Dering socially, but is unsure of the relationship‚s future. She is concerned by what

appears to her to be his quite often inappropriate tendency to be frivolous and unconcerned when matters seem

quite serious to her.

COOK, Inspector

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The local police inspector, he‚s the first policeman on the scene following Wally‚s being shot.

DERING, Hugh

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Father: Sir William Dering

Mother: Lady Ruth Dering

The only child and heir of Sir William, Hugh resides in London where he is a Chancery barrister. He visits his

parents at the Manor regularly and he is there the weekend of the Prince‚s visit to Palings. He has recently been

seeing Mary Cliffe socially, giving rise to speculation by the families of both. He is an intelligent, athletic,

attractive young gentleman with a good sense of humor and a lively appreciation of the ridiculous.

DERING, Lady Ruth

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Spouse: Sir William Dering

Son: Hugh Dering

A perceptive woman with excellent common sense, she has a plan to get Ermyntrude Carter to contribute the

money needed to build the new hospital. She has some concern about Hugh‚s interest in Mary Cliffe.

DERING, Sir William

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Spouse: Lady Ruth Dering

Son: Hugh Dering

A conservative who owns the local Manor House, he is very proud of his son, but disdains many of the current

manners and trends among the younger set. A comment he makes about the rifle used in Wally‚s shooting starts

Hemingway thinking.

FANSHAWE, Geoffrey

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Deceased first husband of Ermyntrude Carter and father of Vicky Fanshawe, Geoffrey was a wealthy man who

was also a big game hunter.

FANSHAWE, Miss Victoria

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Nickname: Vicky

Father: Geoffrey Fanshawe (deceased)

Mother: Ermyntrude Carter

A beautiful young lady who has been completely indulged by her mother, Vicky is just home from finishing

school and is preparing for her debut. She amuses herself by assuming various roles and dressing herself to fit

the parts. She and Mary have become fairly good friends, even though Mary is several years older and their

personalities are complete opposites. Although her imagination leads her to do a lot of playacting, she is

actually quite practical and perceptive. She loves her mother dearly, but understands her completely and

doesn‚t try to pretend that she is less vulgar or more intelligent and realistic than she is. She has heard about

Mary‚s and Hugh‚s relationship and is anxious to see if he is improved from her childhood memories, but she

finds him stuffy.

FISHER, Constable

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A policeman from Scotland Yard who accompanies Hemingway from London

FISHER, Lady

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MIP by Ermyntrude as the person who introduced the Prince to her while on vacation in Antibes

HANNASYDE, Superintendent

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Hannasyde is Hemingway‚s superior at Scotland Yard and one of the best detectives at the Yard. Hemingway

worked as his sergeant for many years, and Hannasyde taught him a great deal about detecting.

HEMINGWAY, Inspector

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A bright, witty, quick, astute investigator with a terrific sense of humor, Hemingway is a

stage aficionado who approaches his cases with an open mind and an application of psychology, his other pet

interest. He is wildly successful in part because of his famous (and self-proclaimed) flair. When he arrives on

the scene, he quickly picks up on the unusual characters and goings-on at Palings and enjoys himself

tremendously.

HEMINGWAY, Sergeant

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HINCHCLIFFE, Dr.

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Dr. Hinchcliffe is a local GP and Dr. Chester‚s partner. He is called to the scene of Wally‚s shooting to

examine the body because Dr. Chester is out on a call.

JOHNSON

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Ermyntrude Carter‚s chauffeur.

JONES, Samuel

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Nickname: Sam

A Town Councillor in Fritton and an associate of Harold White, he is using inside information gained from his

position to join with Harold White and Wally Carter to make money on a land deal. He is at the Dower House

with Harold and Janet White when Wally is shot while crossing the footbridge on the way to meet them.

JUPP, Constable

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Jupp accompanied Hemingway down from Scotland Yard. Hemingway thinks he has a way with people.

MORRISON, Colonel

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The Colonel is one of the ocal politicians. Alan White mentions the Colonel‚s scheme for better housing for the

poor.

PEAKE

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Peake is Ermyntrude and Wally Carter‚s butler at Palings who finds his employers contemptible and has no

hesitation in telling all he knows to the police.

PEAKE, Mrs.

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Mrs. Peake is the wife of the butler and the cook at Palings. She states that she knows nothing beyond her

kitchen.

PHELPS, Mrs.

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Dr. Chester‚s housekeeper says she knows the Prince arrived at Dr. Chester‚s for tea at five-to-five on Sunday

afternoon because he showed her the time on his wrist watch.

PRINCE

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Prince is Wally‚s Cocker Spaniel. Wally and Ermyntrude are concerned that their guest, the Prince, and Prince,

the dog, will be confused because of their being called by the same name.

ROY

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Roy, Vicky‚s Borzoi is walking with Vicky in the grounds of Palings when Wally is shot. Although he is quite a

conscientious watch dog, he did not bark at the time.

SERGEANT

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A local police sergeant working on the case

SMALL, Superintendent

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The local police superintendent

STEEL, Mr. Robert

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Robert is a local gentleman farmer, who is much respected in the area. A particular friend of Ermyntrude Carter

this strong, no-nonsense type has loved Ermyntrude from the first moment he met her and he resents the way

Wally Carter treats her. His first thought is always for her welfare.

THOMPSON

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Thompson is Dr. Chester‚s manservant who had the day off on Sunday when the Prince came to tea at the

doctor‚s.

VARASASHVILI, Prince Alexis Feodor Gregorovitch

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The prince is the weekend houseguest of Ermyntrude Carter. An impoverished Georgian émigré who

ingratiated himself with Ermyntrude Carter while she was on holiday in Antibes, he is very attractive with

exquisite manners and charming address. His motives, however, are very definitely mercenary and he would be

glad to see Ermyntrude free of Wally.

WAKE, Sergeant

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A police sergeant from Scotland Yard who is one of Hemingway‚s assistants on the case.

WHITE, Alan

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Father: Harold

Sister: Janet

Alan is an intense young man of communist beliefs with a passion for all things Russian who detests his father.

He continues to live at the Palings‚ Dower House for his sister‚s sake.

WHITE, Miss Janet

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Father: Harold

Brother: Alan

Janet, a plain but good girl, feels it is her duty to remain in England and keep house for her father even though

she is engaged to a tea planter living in Ceylon, who is anxious for her to join him. Although, like Alan, she

doesn‚t always approve of her father‚s activities, she does not argue or remonstrate with him as she feels that he

is due her respect as her father.

WHITE, Mr. Harold

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Son: Alan

Daughter: Janet

Harold is a cousin of Wally Carter. Wally has convinced Ermyntrude to rent the Palings‚ Dower House to

Harold where he lives with his son, Alan and his daughter, Janet who keeps house for him. He is much disliked

by Ermyntrude, who considers him a wicked man who leads Wally into trouble. He is the manager of a small

group of collieries in the district. He invited Wally and Sam Jones to tea at the Dower House on Sunday to

discuss a possible deal.

WRIGHT

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Wright is the local police fingerprint man.