Señor Torreon

Torreon moves through the case as a foreign gentleman whose composure and connections make him difficult to read, at once guest and possible architect of the disturbance under investigation. His stake in the seismograph's readings gives him a reason to want certain tremors explained away, and Kennedy's instruments threaten to expose what diplomacy and manners conceal. He matters because he forces the young detective to test whether scientific measurement can outargue a man practiced in saying little.