# Lettie Cotherstone — The Borough Treasurer character guide > Lettie Cotherstone in The Borough Treasurer by J. S. Fletcher. **Role:** major **Also known as:** Lettie, Cotherstone **First appearance:** 0000-i-blackmail ## Snapshot Cotherstone's devoted daughter, whose coming marriage to the ambitious Windle Bent makes her father's hidden past a threat to her happiness. ## Who they are Lettie is the centre of her father's anxious love and the reason his dread of exposure cuts so deep; she is engaged to Windle Bent, a man resolved on a career. Cheerful and practical, she telephones her father to remind him of supper guests while he sits paralysed by fear. Her future is the stake that makes Cotherstone's secret dangerous rather than merely sordid. ## Relationships ### [Mr. Mallalieu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/characters/mr_mallalieu) _psychological_ Lettie Cotherstone and Mr. Mallalieu share a high-frequency, likely tense or obsessive connection, suggesting a manipulative or victimizing relationship. ### [Mr. Bent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/characters/mr_bent) _professional_ Lettie Cotherstone and Mr. Bent interact frequently, likely as colleagues or employer-employee in a municipal or business setting. ### [Mr. Kitely](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/characters/mr_kitely) _professional_ Lettie Cotherstone and Mr. Kitely have a high number of interactions, indicating a professional or official relationship, possibly involving financial matters. ### [Mr. Brereton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/characters/mr_brereton) _professional_ Lettie Cotherstone and Mr. Brereton interact often, likely in a professional capacity involving legal or administrative matters. ### [Bert Stoner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/characters/bert_stoner) _romantic_ Bert Stoner and Lettie Cotherstone interact frequently, indicating a romantic or courtship relationship. ### [Tallington Brereton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/characters/tallington_brereton) _family_ Lettie Cotherstone and Tallington Brereton share a familial bond, likely as relatives given the shared surname and frequent interactions. ### [Mr. Bent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/characters/mr_bent) _professional_ Lettie Cotherstone and Mr. Bent interact frequently, likely as colleagues or employer-employee in a municipal or business setting. ### [Mr. Kitely](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/characters/mr_kitely) _professional_ Lettie Cotherstone and Mr. Kitely have a high number of interactions, indicating a professional or official relationship, possibly involving financial matters. ### [Mr. Mallalieu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/characters/mr_mallalieu) _psychological_ Lettie Cotherstone and Mr. Mallalieu share a high-frequency, likely tense or obsessive connection, suggesting a manipulative or victimizing relationship. ### [Mr. Brereton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/characters/mr_brereton) _professional_ Lettie Cotherstone and Mr. Brereton interact often, likely in a professional capacity involving legal or administrative matters. ### [Mr. Mallalieu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/characters/mr_mallalieu) _psychological_ Lettie Cotherstone and Mr. Mallalieu share a high-frequency, likely tense or obsessive connection, suggesting a manipulative or victimizing relationship. ### [Mr. Kitely](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/characters/mr_kitely) _professional_ Lettie Cotherstone and Mr. Kitely have a high number of interactions, indicating a professional or official relationship, possibly involving financial matters. ## In the story ### [I: Blackmail](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/i-blackmail) Cotherstone's daughter, whose upcoming marriage to a promising young man is threatened by the revelation of her father's past. ### [II: Crime—and Success](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/ii-crime-and-success) Cotherstone's daughter, whose engagement to Windle Bent and future prospects are a key reason he wants to avoid exposure. ### [III: Murder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/iii-murder) Cotherstone's daughter, engaged to Windle Bent, she is present at the supper and is the first to notice the hurried arrival of Garthwaite. ### [XII: Parental Anxiety](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xii-parental-anxiety) Shows level-headedness when her father urges an early wedding; objects to changing her carefully made plans for bridesmaids and gowns. ### [XIX: A Tall Man in Grey Clothes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xix-a-tall-man-in-grey-clothes) Mentioned at the end as having been cajoled into fixing the wedding date for a week hence. ### [At Bay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xx-at-bay) Mentioned as Bent's fiancée; her marriage to Bent is threatened by the revelations about her father. ### [No Further Evidence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xxv-no-further-evidence) Remains calm upon learning of her father's situation and agrees to postpone her wedding. ### [The Barrister's Fee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xxxi-the-barrister-s-fee) Married Bent and moved abroad; described as philosophically accepting her father's fate. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/characters/lettie_cotherstone - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/characters