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The Charing Cross Mystery · Character

Boxley

A minor character in the story.

minor

First appearance: i the last train east

Boxley shows up with force in Black Velvet. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Club member who provides Hetherwick with background information on Lady Riversreade.
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In Black Velvet: Club member who provides Hetherwick with background information on Lady Riversreade. Later, in XI: Lady Riversreade:…

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The fuller portrait of Boxley sits in Reading Lens — open the free preview to keep reading with notes on the page.

See Boxley in i the last train east

Character Web

7 connections

A slice of how Boxley sits in the book — open the reader for the full interactive map.

MWMrs. WhittinghamMHMr. HetherwickLRLady RiversreadeMMMr. MatherfieldVIVivianBOBoxley

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Peripheral Appearances
  • Central Mystery Figures
  • Protagonist

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupAftermathClimax
  • 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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Boxley appears across 2 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.

Chapter companion notes

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See Boxley in i the last train east