Short Fiction · Character

Mr. Salisbury

A restless Londoner whose comfortable routine is broken by a scrap of jingling verse he cannot stop muttering, driving him toward stranger company.

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Also known as II Mr. Salisbury, III Salisbury, Mr. Charles Salisbury, Charles

First appearance: The Inmost Light

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Tells Dyson about the strange case of Dr.

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Salisbury lives among green rep, oleographs, and gilt-framed mirrors, a man of ordinary habits whose morning novel suddenly loses its power to hold him. The rhyme he found in an archway lodges in his head like a music-hall burden, and he paces deserted byways trying to fix meaning to phrases that seem meaningless. His visit to Dyson's lamplit, incense-scented rooms shows a man reaching past his own dull respectability, which makes him the reader's natural companion into the city's quieter terrors.

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Harlesden Strange Events
Supernatural and Terror Investigators
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Diverse Supernatural and Terror Participants

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The Inmost Light
Tells Dyson about the strange case of Dr. Black and his wife's death.
The Harlesden Case
Dines with Dyson and listens to his tale of the Harlesden mystery.
II
A young gentleman of solid intellect, skeptical of Dyson's romantic tales, caught in a storm and witnesses a street quarrel.
III
Returns home drenched, prepares a hot drink, and later retrieves the crumpled paper from his pocket, reading its cryptic message.
The Opal of Dr. Black
Mentioned as having returned to his green rep chairs; his story set Dyson on the trail.

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