IX: The Victory
Receives ten millions in bonds and stock for his properties in the Ross Consolidated deal.
IV
Dad opens merger negotiations with him; he is the biggest independent oil operator on the coast.
VII
Partner with Dad Ross in the new enterprise, receiving equal shares of bonds and stock for his properties.
IX
Mr. Roscoe is praised as a financial wizard for his role in launching Ross Consolidated and devising the no-par-value stock scheme.
V
Partner with Dad in oil dealings during the market boom.
VIII
Mentioned as raising hell about oil contracts at Baku and advocating for a practical president.
IX
Bunny studies confidential reports from Vernon Roscoe's foreign agents.
IV
Mentioned by Paul as an oil man involved in concessions in Saghalien, linking him to the imperialist forces.
XII: The Siren
Visits Paradise during a heatwave; proposes a plan to buy the Republican convention to nominate Senator Harding; jokes about Bunny's Bolshevik reputation.
II
Visits Paradise in extreme heat, displays boisterous and crude behavior, jokes about Bunny's radical reputation.
III
Visits the Ross home to discuss a corrupt plan to obtain oil from a government reserve by influencing the Harding administration.
IV
The great man, full of good cheer and advice, urges Bunny to enjoy life and find a girl, showing a big heart.
V
Mentioned as Dad's partner in the political deal, representing the larger forces at play.
VI
Manages the nomination of Warren G. Harding at the Republican convention through backroom deals.
XI
Vernon Roscoe is in a rage with banker Mark Eisenberg and conspires with Dad Ross to protect their properties.
III
Invites Bunny to his country estate, the Monastery, and is referred to as 'Papa' by Annabelle Ames.
IV
Oil magnate and Annabelle's lover; henpecked by her, boasts about the cost of making her a star.
V
The host, talking politics with Fred Orpan.
VIII
Subject of a humorous story about shooting off his toe to fund a well; laughs along with the company.
III
Mentioned as one of the voices echoing 'Why not?' in Bunny's mind.
XV: The Vacation
Dismisses Bunny's concerns about the wage scale, boasts of buying labor leaders and politicians, and warns Bunny about his Bolshevik friends.
I
Helps select the candidate and manage the propaganda; gets drunk after the victory.
II
Quoted saying 'They can have their pie in the sky, so long as they let me have the oil,' revealing cynical use of religion.
III
Defends the wage cut, boasts of buying power, and threatens labor activists with prison.
IV
Manipulates Bunny by appealing to his guilt over his father's health and the strike.
V
Mentioned as an example of someone who travels openly with his mistress, Annabelle Ames.
VII
Involved in the lease scheme; Dad considers him a straight and trusted business partner.
VIII
Implied to be behind Paul's arrest as part of a scheme to break up the 'nest of Bolshevism'.
IV
The 'old petroleum pachyderm' who controls the oil industry and seeks to suppress union organizing.
V
Vee values her intimacy with Verne for business connections and social standing, which conflicts with Bunny's activities.
VIII
Vernon Roscoe is implicated in the naval oil lease scheme, with Dan Irving suspecting him of corruption. He leaves for Washington to handle the leases.
Chapter X
Referenced as 'Mid-Central Pete' who defrauded Carberry of his homestead; the target of Dan Irving's investigation in Washington.
XVII: The Exposure
Returns from Washington and uses his influence to have the syndicalism cases dropped.
II
Returns from Washington and uses his influence to have the criminal syndicalism cases dropped.
III
Referenced as the embodiment of capitalist power, controlling courts, media, and government through bribery.
VI
Told to go to hell by a blackmailing publisher; forced to pay a million dollars to stop exposés.
VII
Hosts the dinner; denounces 'insurgent' senators and is involved in the political discussions.
Chapter X
Referenced as an obstacle to Bunny running the oil industry as he would wish.
XI
Mentioned as having foretold Bunny's remorse over Dad's illness.
XVIII: The Flight
In London, confident about the investigation, pursuing new oil deals in Romania and Persia.
I
Handling the blackmail troubles that Dad has left aside since his illness.
III
Hurries to Washington to try to stop the investigation with last-minute cash expenditures.
IV
Sends coded telegrams and has skipped to Europe to avoid capture.
V
Sends wireless messages requesting Dad to meet him in London.
VI
Confident and defiant, he dismisses the Senate investigation, boasts of new oil ventures in Romania and Persia, and exerts control over U.S. foreign policy.
VII
Predicts the collapse of the oil investigation; refers to the President as 'the little hop-toad.'
III
Sends letters about legal troubles with the oil lands; involved in diplomatic wire-pulling with Verne in Washington.
IX
Holds the signed stock certificates and sends a playful cable about the oil fire.
Chapter X
Referenced as having predicted Bunny's remorse over his father.
XX: The Dedication
Mentioned as likely to try to keep Bunny lean; Dan Irving's press has been exposing Roscoe's foreign concessions.
I
Mentioned as someone who will try to keep Bunny lean; subject of Dan's exposés about foreign concessions.
II
Vernon Roscoe, Dad's partner, informs Bunny of the company's bankruptcy and the insurance companies' refusal to pay due to suspected arson, and offers Bunny control of the Paradise field.
IV
Implied to have stolen over ten million dollars in securities from Dad's estate, using his business acumen to cover his tracks and avoid legal consequences.
VII
Manipulates the estate's finances, buying up stock and leases through questionable means.
XXI: The Honeymoon
His reports on the Prospect Hill field are suspected by Bertie of being a trick.
IV
Reported that more than half the wells were off production; Bertie suspects him of robbing the estate.
VIII
Mentioned as one of the oil men whose money funded the anti-LaFollette campaign.
XII
Mentioned as having been drunk at the Admiralty Hotel.
