# Dom Cuthbert Manners — Sinister Street character guide

> Dom Cuthbert Manners in Sinister Street by Compton Mackenzie.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Cuthbert Manners, Manners

**First appearance:** 0057-v-the-innermost-circle

## Who they are

A Benedictine monk who becomes a spiritual influence on Michael.

## In the story

### [Pax](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sinister_street_se/chapters/vi-pax)

Referred to as the strict Lord Abbot of Clere.

### [VII: Cloven Hoofmarks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sinister_street_se/chapters/vii-cloven-hoofmarks)

Abbot who leads the monastery, presides over Sunday Thought sessions and the Office, remains perceptive but discreet.

### [Mirrors](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sinister_street_se/chapters/viii-mirrors)

Abbot of Clere Abbey; writes a letter to Father Viner describing Michael as a dreamer, warning against Henry Meats and Percy Garrod, and expressing concern about Michael's languor and self-containment.

### [XIV: Arabesque](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sinister_street_se/chapters/xiv-arabesque)

Mentioned by Meats as a sharp figure at the monastery where Meats was a probationer.

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