# Saunders — Payment Deferred character guide

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

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mr. Saunders, the wretched Saunders

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Snapshot

A City acquaintance drawn into Marble's venture, whose arrival at the pub crystallises a scheme Marble has only dared imagine in the abstract.

## Who they are

Saunders is the man whose entrance at the bar turns Marble's vague dread into a concrete plan he cannot refuse. He drinks at Marble's expense and lends the venture its fatal plausibility. Around him Marble's fear hardens into determination, and the suburban clerk begins the descent that will make his garden a place no child dares enter.

## Relationships

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

_professional_

Employer and employee, with Saunders serving as Mr. Marble's clerk and unwitting accomplice.

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

_professional_

Mr. Henderson and Saunders have a business relationship, likely involving Mr. Marble's financial affairs.

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

_professional_

Employer and employee, with Saunders serving as Mr. Marble's clerk and unwitting accomplice.

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

_professional_

Employer and employee, with Saunders serving as Mr. Marble's clerk and unwitting accomplice.

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

_professional_

Mr. Henderson and Saunders have a business relationship, likely involving Mr. Marble's financial affairs.

## In the story

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/chapters/iv)

A bookmaker and bank customer; Marble recruits him to help execute the forward operation on francs.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/chapters/v)

The source of the investment money; Mr. Marble fears his complaints and potential exposure.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/chapters/vii)

Revealed the news of the successful speculation, leading to Mr. Marble's resignation and new job offer.

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