# Parker — Room 13 character guide

> Parker in Room 13 by Edgar Wallace.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** the greatly daring Parker, the discreet Parker, the precise Parker

**First appearance:** 0005-vi

## Snapshot

Johnny Gray's imperturbable manservant, whose unflappable courtesy and quiet nerve make him both comic relief and a steady ally in a household shadowed by prison and conspiracy.

## Who they are

Parker meets his master off the train with the dog Spot and a hired cab, greeting a man fresh from a convict cell as though he had merely been abroad. His precise manners conceal real feeling — he hesitates to ride home uninvited, and his face falls when Johnny sends him to the cinema to keep him clear of a night's dangerous visitors. That blend of discretion and loyalty makes him a small but telling index of the world Johnny is fighting to reclaim.

## Relationships

### [Johnny Gray](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/room_13_se/characters/johnny_gray)

_professional_

Parker is a colleague or associate of Johnny Gray, working together in a professional capacity.

### [Johnny Gray](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/room_13_se/characters/johnny_gray)

_professional_

Parker is a colleague or associate of Johnny Gray, working together in a professional capacity.

### [Johnny Gray](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/room_13_se/characters/johnny_gray)

_professional_

Parker is a colleague or associate of Johnny Gray, working together in a professional capacity.

## In the story

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/room_13_se/chapters/viii)

Johnny's valet, who informs him of a visit from Mr. Reeder and prepares a bath and suit.

### [Room 13](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/room_13_se/chapters/xiii)

Johnny's valet, agitated over a missing waistcoat buckle, discusses tailoring and expresses concern about Johnny's hat shape.

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/room_13_se/chapters/xvii)

Reports that he cut off and burnt the cuffs of Johnny's shirt and is wearing the rest; retrieves a Browning pistol from Johnny's pocket.

### [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/room_13_se/chapters/xxiv)

Johnny's manservant, who humorously advises him on what to wear to a dinner in a lion's den.

### [XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/room_13_se/chapters/xxviii)

Provides trivial details about Johnny's clothing despite the danger

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