# Mr. Davidson — Short Fiction character guide

> Mr. Davidson in Short Fiction by M. R. James.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** So Mr. Davidson, Davidson

**First appearance:** 0021-the-story-of-a-disappearance-and-an-appearance

## Who they are

A cautious traveller whose quiet curiosity about an impossible 1653 Prayerbook draws him toward an old house and a stranger's prying questions.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_35_se/chapters/i)

The protagonist, spending a week alone in Longbridge, decides to explore the countryside and visits Brockstone Court and Chapel.

### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_35_se/chapters/ii)

Visits Brockstone Court, examines the chapel and the mysteriously open Prayer Books, transcribes the title page.

### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_35_se/chapters/iii)

Returns to Brockstone with Mr. Witham, discovers the theft of the Prayerbooks, and begins to unravel the mystery.

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