The Borough Treasurer · Character

Mr. Pursey

An old man who provides information to the police.

minor

Also known as old Pursey

First appearance: i blackmail

Mr. Pursey shows up with force in XV: One Thing Leads to Another. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Myler's father-in-law, a Wilchester man who remembers Kitely and the Mallows & Chidforth embezzlement case from thirty years ago.

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Mr. Pursey first appears in 0000 i blackmail.

In XV: One Thing Leads to Another: Myler's father-in-law, a Wilchester man who remembers Kitely and the Mallows & Chidforth embezzlement case from thirty years ago.

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XV: One Thing Leads to Another

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