# Matthew Matticks — A Tangled Tale character guide

> Matthew Matticks in A Tangled Tale by Lewis Carroll.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Old Cat

**First appearance:** 0010-knot-vii-petty-cash

## Who they are

A character who appears in the narrative and is part of the puzzles.

## In the story

### [Answers to Knot II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/chapters/answers-to-knot-ii)

Matthew Matticks is commended for a neat and ingenious synthetic proof for the Lodgings Problem, though lacking analysis.

### [§2: The Lodgings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/chapters/2-the-lodgings)

Provided a neat synthetic proof identifying No. 9 as the correct house.

### [Answers to Knot III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/chapters/answers-to-knot-iii)

Listed among those who gave no working and are wrong.

### [Answers to Knot V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/chapters/answers-to-knot-v)

Listed in the class list as 'Old Cat'.

## Links

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