The Black Gang · Character

Peter Darrell

A cheerful member of Drummond's circle who divides his evenings between theatrical London and the Black Gang's less respectable appointments.

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Also known as Mr. Darrell, Peter, Darrell, Mr. Peter Darrell

First appearance: i in which things happen near barking creek

As a supporting figure in The Black Gang, Peter Darrell is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Present at the planning meeting, asking Drummond about the inner room and awaiting orders for the night's operation.

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Darrell is the sort of young man who can stroll out of the Ritz and vanish eastward to a mysterious date with a minor star, then turn up again when the gang needs a steady hand. He shares Drummond's taste for understatement in a crisis, and his social ease gives the group access to rooms and conversations that rougher methods could not reach. His presence in the early chapters establishes the gang as a network of ordinary-seeming men rather than a single avenger.

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Escalation
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Aftermath
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In Which a Bomb Bursts at Unpleasantly Close Quarters
Present at the planning meeting, asking Drummond about the inner room and awaiting orders for the night's operation.
In Which the Bag of Nuts Is Found by Accident
Asks about the events and listens to Drummond's account.
X: In Which Hugh Drummond Makes a Discovery
Accompanies Drummond at the Ritz and is initially convinced they have made a mistake about the clergyman, but later sees Drummond's realization.
XI: In Which Hugh Drummond and the Reverend Theodosius Longmoor Take Lunch Together
Initially skeptical of Drummond's identification of Peterson, but supports his friend during the lunch.
In Which Count Zadowa Is Introduced to Alice in Wonderland
Parted from Hugh at the Ritz to keep a mysterious date with a female minor star of theatrical London.

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