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Cast of Characters
CAST OF
CHARACTERS

Locale:
Haxford, England.
Date:
June, 1910.
Cora Gromley:
Mortimer Gromley’s wife.
Nellie:
The Gromleys’ cook and housekeeper.
Jonathan Bentine:
A young man from the town of Avens seeking
to confirm a secret from his past.
Mortimer Gromley:
A wealthy, retired linen merchant.
Pignon Scorbion:
The chief police inspector of Haxford. A friend of Dr. John Watson
and an extraordinary detective.
Thomas Worth:
An uneducated shoeshine man in Brown’s barbershop in his mid-twenties. The Gromley’s nephew.
Calvin Brown:
Owner of Brown’s Barbershop. A paunchy, long-time friend of Scorbion.
Barnabus:
A large, red-haired barber in Calvin’s shop who has a long,
plush crimson beard and stutters.
Yves:
A French transplant barber in Brown’s shop, whose lack of
height requires that he stands on a crate when he cuts hair.
Billy Arthurson:
In his early-twenties, the presses-mechanic and reporter for the Haxford Morning News newspaper.
Hubert Waters:
The editor and publisher of the Haxford Morning News.
Chief Inspector Benson:
Scorbion’s, now retired, predecessor police chief in Haxford.
William Bentine:
Jonathan Bentine’s purported father.
Mary Alice Bentine:
Jonathan Bentine’s mother who sang at the Grey Hawk Tavern in Avens.
Phillip:
The owner of the Grey Hawk Tavern.
Dr. Mayes:
A physician in Avens who treated Mortimer Gromley.
Choc Ross:
An attractive neophyte linen merchant.
Robert Garson:
A very handsome linen merchant.
Eloise:
Cora Gromley’s sister.
Katherine Walls:
Scorbion’s ex-wife.
Abigail Speckler:
Co-owner of Simon & Abigail Speckler’s Private Detective Agency.
Mildred Brown:
Calvin Brown’s wife.
Simon Adley:
The sergeant who is Scorbion’s second in command.
Roger Pawling:
A lower level constable on Scorbion’s staff.
Natacha Papouloute:
Pignon Scorbion’s mother.
Jamal Scorbion:
Pignon Scorbion’s father.
Arnold Hill:
Scorbion’s friend and chess opponent.
Henry Hopkins:
Owner and ringmaster of the Hopkins Travelling Circus.
Freddy Rumple:
A short, misfit loner and would-be circus star.
Emily Collins:
A box office worker at the Hopkins circus. Small of stature and feminine.
Reggie Watkins:
A strapping, 7 foot tall, not-overly-bright, roustabout in the Hopkins circus.
Percy Harvey:
A short stilt-walker in the Hopkins circus.
Mary Collins:
Emily’s deceased sister.
Jed Pierce:
A roustabout in the Hopkins circus.
Teddy Farner:
A roustabout in the Hopkins circus.
Shelby Winston:
A roustabout in the Hopkins circus.
Harry:
Haxford’s town drunk.
Victor Hutchfield:
A talented woodworker and friend of Emily Collins
who lives in Devonshire.
James & Lionel:
Animal trainers in Hopkins circus.
John Parks:
The lion tamer in the Hopkins circus.
Sabrina:
The bearded lady in the Hopkins circus.
Walt Robbins:
A new roustabout in the Hopkins circus, being trained
by Reggie Watkins.
Thelma Smith:
Owner of Books on The Square bookshop — independent,
learned, bright and extremely attractive.
Dr. Franklin Morgan:
Haxford’s town doctor.
Isabelle Morgan:
Dr. Morgan’s wife.
Faustin Hardcastle:
Owner and editor of the Haxford Gazette evening newspaper.
Sky Bear:
A Native American tribal leader in the old American West.
Yellow Feather:
Sky Bear’s wife.
Dibe:
Sky Bear and Yellow Feather’s youngest daughter.
Ajei:
Sky Bear and Yellow Feather’s eldest daughter.
Dr. James Adams:
The doctor in a town in the old American West.
Eve Adams:
Dr. Adam’s wife.
Samuel Lewiston:
A rancher in a town in the old American West.
John Borlan:
A rancher in a town in the old American West.
Will Farland:
A rancher in a town in the old American West.
Robert Masterford:
A United States government official who is
transferred to England; Dr. Adams is his physician.
Samuel Gray:
A recently deceased farmer who died in an accident.
Florence Gray:
The widow of Samuel Gray.
Martin Chames:
A farmer from Tottingham who relocated to Haxford.
Charles Emerlin:
Owner and chef of the Cork and Plate restaurant in
London who moved to Haxford to become the Morgans’ cook.
Warvis:
The Morgans’ manservant.
Joseph Nava:
The Morgans’ driver who formerly he sold farm machinery to Chames in Tottingham.
Katy Alby:
Martin Chames’ niece and the housekeeper for the Morgans’.
George Barlan:
Haxford’s butcher and a farm owner.
Angus Riley:
Haxford’s blacksmith and animal healer.