# Tom Chivers — Aurora Floyd character guide

> Tom Chivers in Aurora Floyd by M. E. Braddon.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mr. Tom Chivers, Mr. Chivers, Tom, Mr. Thomas Chivers, poor Chivers

**First appearance:** 0012-xiii-the-spring-meeting

## Snapshot

A jockey drawn into the racing underworld around James Conyers, whose knowledge of horses and shady dealings makes him both useful and vulnerable to the men who use him.

## Who they are

Tom Chivers moves in the rough, transactional world of the turf, where loyalties are bought and secrets are currency, and his association with Conyers ties him to the darker business that shadows Aurora's past. He is the kind of man who knows too much about the wrong people and has too little power to protect himself. As the racing subplot tightens around the Floyd family, Chivers becomes one of the small, compromised figures through whom the novel shows how far the consequences of old sins can reach.

## In the story

### [Off the Scent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/xxxviii-off-the-scent)

Grimstone's humble ally and follower, tasked with keeping watch on Hargraves.

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