Short Fiction · Character

Mr. Humphreys

A new heir touring the estate and village he has inherited, learning from a talkative steward just what kind of man his late uncle really was.

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Also known as Humphreys, Accordingly Humphreys

First appearance: Mr. Humphreys and His Inheritance

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The new inheritor of the estate, who arrives and begins exploring the house and grounds.

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Humphreys has come into a tall redbrick mansion and its grounds without ever having met the uncle who owned them, and the village watches him with quiet, hat-touching scrutiny. As he walks the park with Mr. Cooper, he absorbs a portrait of the old man as a thorough valetudinarian—upright but utterly withdrawn from the life around him. That inheritance, both the house and the uncle's strange seclusion, is the ground on which the story's unease begins to grow.

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Professional
Romantic
Other

Character groups

Supernatural Investigators & Victims
Diverse Supernatural Encounters
Country House Mysteries & Hidden Rooms
Occult Battles & Library Hauntings

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Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Relationships

Mr. Cooper
professional · ambivalent
Miss Cooper
romantic · positive
Mr. Cooper
professional · ambivalent
Miss Cooper
romantic · positive
Mr. Cooper
professional · ambivalent
Miss Cooper
romantic · positive

Mr. Cooper
Mr. Cooper and Mr. Humphreys are colleagues or business associates with frequent interactions, likely in a work or institutional setting.
Miss Cooper
Miss Cooper and Mr. Humphreys share a romantic connection or courtship, indicated by their frequent and intimate interactions.
Mr. Cooper
Mr. Cooper and Mr. Humphreys are colleagues or business associates with frequent interactions, likely in a work or institutional setting.
Miss Cooper
Miss Cooper and Mr. Humphreys share a romantic connection or courtship, indicated by their frequent and intimate interactions.
Mr. Cooper
Mr. Cooper and Mr. Humphreys are colleagues or business associates with frequent interactions, likely in a work or institutional setting.
Miss Cooper
Miss Cooper and Mr. Humphreys share a romantic connection or courtship, indicated by their frequent and intimate interactions.

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