# Mr. Dawson — Lady Audley’s Secret character guide

> Mr. Dawson in Lady Audley’s Secret by M. E. Braddon.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Dawson, poor Mr. Dawson

**First appearance:** 0006-vii-after-a-year

## Who they are

The local surgeon of Audley village.

## In the story

### [Lucy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lady_audley_s_secret_se/chapters/i-lucy)

The village surgeon who employed Lucy Graham as a governess for his daughters after she answered his advertisement in the Times.

### [XXV: Retrograde Investigation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lady_audley_s_secret_se/chapters/xxv-retrograde-investigation)

The surgeon attending Sir Michael; initially reluctant, he agrees to answer Robert's questions about Lady Audley's past.

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