The Black Gang · Character
Sir John Manton
A testy Cabinet Minister who receives Sir Bryan Johnstone's indisputable proof of a well-financed Bolshevik conspiracy spreading through every manufacturing town in Britain.
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Also known as Sir John
First appearance: ii in which scotland yard sits up and takes notice
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Sir John sits at the top of government, skeptical until confronted with chapter and verse on the Proletarian Sunday Schools and the criminal men behind the propaganda. He grunts that the Black Gang's anonymous leader…
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See Sir John Manton in ii in which scotland yard sits up and takes noticeNarrative arc
Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
Drummond’s near-drowning marks the climax because it is the moment of absolute physical and psychological extr…
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