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Ned Cromarty

The blunt laird of Stanesland, unable to get Sir Reginald's murder out of his head, who barges into the fiscal's office insisting he be allowed to play a hand in the game.

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Also known as Mr. Cromarty of Stanesland, Mr. Cromarty, Ned, Cromarty, Uncle Ned

First appearance: III: The Heir

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Ned Cromarty is a man of action in a case built on thin suggestions and hearth brushes, and he matches wits with Rattar over broken table legs, dried mud, and Bisset's deductions, refusing to let a dashed thin theory…

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FTF. T. CarringtonSRSimon RattarCFCicely FarmondSRSir Reginald C…JBJames BissetNCNed Cromarty

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  • Romantic
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SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
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  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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