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Mr. Hopkins

A shrewd businessman or detective associate.

minor

Also known as Hopkins, the astute Hopkins

First appearance: VIII: The Second Stranger

Mr. Hopkins shows up with force in VII: In the Windy City. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Mr. Hopkins first appears in 0007 viii the second stranger.

In VII: In the Windy City: Mr. Hopkins, Fenton Hardy's Chicago lawyer, meets the boys at the hotel and arranges their train tickets to Lucky Bottom.

Later, in VIII: The Second Stranger: The astute lawyer who locks the boys in their compartment and gives them tickets to Indianapolis, deliberately preventing them from reaching Montana.

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See Mr. Hopkins in VIII: The Second Stranger
See Mr. Hopkins in VIII: The Second Stranger