# Charles Knollys — Lost Man’s Lane character guide

> Charles Knollys in Lost Man’s Lane by Anna Katharine Green.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Charles

**First appearance:** 0003-book-i-the-knollys-family

## Snapshot

Charles Knollys walked up the street with a handbag three years ago and never reached any station, leaving behind a watch, a ring, and a village that has been afraid ever since.

## Who they are

He is the first of the lane's vanished men, the disappearance that taught the village to distrust its own road. His fine watch and valuable ring never surfaced at any pawnbroker, which means whoever took him wanted more than money or wanted nothing at all. His fate hangs over every later case, the original wound that turned a country town into a place where neighbors count their strangers.

## Relationships

### [Mr. Trohm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lost_man_s_lane_se/characters/mr_trohm)

_rivalry_

Charles Knollys and Mr. Trohm are adversaries, likely over family inheritance or power struggles.

## In the story

### [Epilogue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lost_man_s_lane_se/chapters/epilogue)

Object of Althea's affection; an able lawyer who argues about bonnets and seems reserved.

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