# Collins — Payment Deferred character guide

> Collins in Payment Deferred by C. S. Forester.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Marguerite Collins, Poor old Collins

**First appearance:** 0002-iii

## Who they are

A friend or acquaintance of the Marble family.

## Relationships

### [Mr. Marble](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/mr_marble)

_rivalry_

Collins is a blackmailer and antagonist who threatens to expose Mr. Marble's crime.

### [Mrs. Marble](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/mrs_marble)

_social_

Collins interacts with Mrs. Marble as a casual acquaintance, unaware of his sinister dealings with her husband.

### [Annie Marble](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/annie_marble)

_rivalry_

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

### [Mr. Marble](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/mr_marble)

_rivalry_

Collins is a blackmailer and antagonist who threatens to expose Mr. Marble's crime.

### [Mr. Marble](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/mr_marble)

_rivalry_

Collins is a blackmailer and antagonist who threatens to expose Mr. Marble's crime.

### [Mrs. Marble](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/mrs_marble)

_social_

Collins interacts with Mrs. Marble as a casual acquaintance, unaware of his sinister dealings with her husband.

## In the story

### [The Intrigue of Madame Collins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/chapters/x)

A tragic piano tuner, emotionally neglected by his wife and indifferent to her schemes.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/chapters/xiii)

Visits the Marbles, devastated by his wife's departure; reveals she took their savings and left.

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