The Charing Cross Mystery · Character
Blenkinsop
A character who appears in the narrative.
minor
Also known as Mr. Blenkinsop
First appearance: i the last train east
Blenkinsop shows up with force in XV: Revelations. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Reveals that Lady Riversreade is not Mrs.
Blenkinsop first appears in 0000 i the last train east.
In XV: Revelations: Reveals that Lady Riversreade is not Mrs. Whittingham and that the portrait was of Madame Listorelle, her twin sister.
Later, in XVI: Still More: The solicitor who lays out the entire blackmail scheme, the family history of the Riversreade sisters, and the theory linking Baseverie to Hannaford's murder.
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- Extended Minor Cast
- Peripheral Appearances
- Protagonist
- Central Mystery Figures
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This is the dramatic climax because Matherfield’s exclamation—“Then who on earth is that woman that I followed…
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See Blenkinsop in i the last train east