# Clark — Diverging Roads character guide

> Clark in Diverging Roads by Rose Wilder Lane.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mr. Clark

**First appearance:** 0001-diverging-roads

## Snapshot

A business figure whose quiet investigation shadows Bert Kennedy's affairs, while Helen, half-dreaming, learns to sell desert land to oil-field workmen.

## Who they are

Clark belongs to the world of firms, checks, and rumors that begins closing in on Bert's dealings, and the mere fact of an investigation raises the stakes around Helen's marriage. Meanwhile Helen discovers she can sell subdivided land by painting pictures of green fields for men trapped in burning oil country, a skill learned from managing Bert's thoughts. Clark's scrutiny and Helen's unexpected knack together push the early-middle arc toward her independence.

## In the story

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/diverging_roads_se/chapters/xiv)

Mr. Clark of Clark & Hayward; explains Bert's debts and negotiates with Helen.

### [A New Beginning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/diverging_roads_se/chapters/xx)

Mentioned as having overruled Helen's idea for a series of advertisements in the Pacific Coast.

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