# Blind Corner — Character guide

> Key figures in Blind Corner by Dornford Yates.

- [Jonathan Mansel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_corner_se/characters/jonathan_mansel.md): Freshly sent down from Oxford for thrashing some communists, Mansel is drifting toward his uncle's London office when a roadside nap lands him in the middle of a bitter quarrel over a hidden prize. He is the steady eye a
- [Rose Noble](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_corner_se/characters/rose_noble.md): Rose Noble never appears directly in the early chapters, but his shadow governs the inn, the roads, and the nerves of everyone who crosses him. Mansel's careful reasoning reveals a man who keeps his captives compliant th
- [Carson Hanbury](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_corner_se/characters/carson_hanbury.md): Carson operates at the edges of the dungeon work — ferrying the car, carrying messages, and holding the line when the group splits up for reliefs. He is the practical link between the underground shaft and the world outs
- [George Hanbury](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_corner_se/characters/george_hanbury.md): George Hanbury was with Mansel in the affair that got them both sent down, and the loyalty between them has only hardened since. It is his letter that pulls Mansel back from Biarritz to London, and his presence that turn
- [Rowley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_corner_se/characters/rowley.md): Rowley works the shaft alongside Bell and the narrator, measuring the live ground in yards and refusing to believe the chamber lies elsewhere. When the group splits for reliefs or reconnaissance, he is left in charge of 
- [Ellis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_corner_se/characters/ellis.md): Ellis is the man whose furious voice wakes Mansel on the roadside, demanding a share of a secret after seven years in prison. His grievance against his former partner — the cool man who claims the secret is his alone — s
- [Punter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_corner_se/characters/punter.md): Minor character, possibly a local or worker, with limited but real presence.
- [Job](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_corner_se/characters/job.md): Minor character, possibly a servant or laborer, mentioned with sympathy.
- [Tester](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_corner_se/characters/tester.md): Minor character, possibly a dog or a person, appears in a chapter title.
- [Richard William Chandos](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_corner_se/characters/richard_william_chandos.md): Minor character, possibly a historical or off-page figure, with few mentions.
- [Bunch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_corner_se/characters/bunch.md): Minor character, possibly a friend or acquaintance, with limited presence.

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