Short Fiction · Character
Mr. Teddy Watkins
A shy, loosely-built housebreaker whose carefully planned burglary collapses into a moonlit chase, a mistaken identity, and an unexpected flask of brandy.
supporting
Also known as Mr. Watkins, Watkins, Teddy Watkins
First appearance: the obliterated man
As a supporting figure in Short Fiction, Mr. Teddy Watkins is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
The protagonist burglar who poses as a landscape artist named Smith to infiltrate Hammerpond Park.
Mr. Watkins is a professional cracksman of long experience, working the Hammerpond house with his assistant Jim when a stumble in the shrubbery turns the night against him. His shyness, his vanity about his craft, and his readiness to bolt when surprised make him both comic and oddly sympathetic. The pursuit through the park matters because it exposes how quickly a competent man becomes a confused fugitive, and how strangers may treat him with more kindness than his own accomplice.
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- Closing
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See Mr. Teddy Watkins in the obliterated man