Annie Marble

Mr. Marble

Father and daughter, with Annie increasingly aware of her father's dark secrets and instability.

Dr. Atkinson

Dr. Atkinson is a suitor to Annie, offering her a potential escape from her troubled home.

Mrs. Marble

Mother and daughter, with Mrs. Marble often oblivious to Annie's distress and the family's true situation.

Collins

Annie instinctively distrusts Collins, sensing his malevolent influence over her father.

Jim Medland

Annie knows Jim Medland as a family acquaintance, unaware of her father's murderous intentions toward him.

Evans

Annie interacts with Evans as a peripheral figure, possibly a witness to her family's unraveling.

Will

Will is a young man who shows romantic interest in Annie, offering her a simpler, happier connection.

Richards

Richards is a servant or neighbor who interacts with Annie in the domestic sphere.

Mr. Marble

Father and daughter, with Annie increasingly aware of her father's dark secrets and instability.

Dr. Atkinson

Dr. Atkinson is a suitor to Annie, offering her a potential escape from her troubled home.

Mr. Marble

Father and daughter, with Annie increasingly aware of her father's dark secrets and instability.

Will

Will is a young man who shows romantic interest in Annie, offering her a simpler, happier connection.

I

Slow to react, she is told by Marble to go to bed under the pretext of a headache so he can talk business with Medland.

II

Wakes with a headache, reflects on her husband's worries and Jim's visit, tries to care for Mr. Marble despite his irritability.

III

Mr. Marble listens to her domestic chatter to distract himself from his secret; she is unaware of his crime.

V

Appeals to Mr. Marble as he sits up late; she is ignored and treated poorly.

Chapter VI

Shows unwavering loyalty and love, trying to comfort her husband despite his abusive behavior.

VII

Struggles to adapt to sudden wealth, initially hoards the fifty pounds, then is overwhelmed by her husband's extravagant shopping spree.

Chapter VIII

Intervenes in the confrontation between John and Mr. Marble, sobs heartbroken after John leaves.

IX

Looks forward to a hotel holiday but is vaguely suspicious of Mr. Marble's motives for wanting to stay behind.

The Intrigue of Madame Collins

Naively accepts Madame Collins' friendship, unaware of the affair and her husband's secrets.

Chapter XI

Wrestles with her suspicions, discovers the cyanide passage in her husband's book, and deduces that he killed Jim Medland and buried him in the garden.

XII

Shows up as 'Mrs. Marble' in this chapter; tearful, flurried by Winnie's demands, lives in silent dread of the secret.

XIII

Notices her husband's changed behavior; feels comforted by his attentions; witnesses Collins's despair.

XIV

Becomes joyful and sings while doing housework, shops happily in Rye Lane, but her newfound love turns to bitterness as Marble's old mood returns.

Chapter XV

Recovering from influenza but deeply depressed; discovers Madame Collins' letter to Will and contemplates suicide using the cyanide.

XVI

Found dead in her bed from cyanide poisoning.