# Avice Harborough — The Borough Treasurer character guide

> Avice Harborough in The Borough Treasurer by J. S. Fletcher.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Avice, Miss Avice

**First appearance:** 0000-i-blackmail

## Who they are

A well-educated, watchful daughter who has grown up around her father's silences and now must hold her nerve while the town decides what he is.

## In the story

### [The Cord](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/v-the-cord)

Arrives at her father's cottage and is seen by the group.

### [VI: The Mayor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/vi-the-mayor)

Informed of her father's suspected involvement; remains composed and allows the police to search the shed.

### [VIII: Retained for the Defence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/viii-retained-for-the-defence)

Meets Bent and Brereton on the road, expresses frustration at her father's obstinacy, and urges them to find the real murderer.

### [Antecedents](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/ix-antecedents)

Visits Harborough in custody with Brereton; arranges to stay with Mrs. Northrop.

### [XIII: The Anonymous Letter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xiii-the-anonymous-letter)

Shown the anonymous letter by Brereton, appears worn and pale, shows no recognition of the sender.

### [The Scrap Book](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xviii-the-scrap-book)

Meets Brereton on his walk and gives him an envelope with urgent news.

### [XIX: A Tall Man in Grey Clothes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xix-a-tall-man-in-grey-clothes)

Reveals Mallalieu's unwanted advances and her father's confrontation with him; guides Brereton to Mrs. Hamthwaite's cottage.

### [Mr. Wraythwaite of Wraye](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xxvii-mr-wraythwaite-of-wraye)

Accompanies Brereton to meet Carfax and Wraythwaite; recognizes Wraythwaite as the sender of the anonymous money.

### [XXVIII: Pages from the Past](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xxviii-pages-from-the-past)

Leaves with Wraythwaite after seeking reassurance about her father.

### [The Barrister's Fee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xxxi-the-barrister-s-fee)

Now living at Wraye with her father; corresponds with Brereton and meets him unexpectedly in the garden.

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