The Charing Cross Mystery · Character
Mrs. Whittingham
A woman with a past connection to Sellithwaite.
minor
Also known as the Honourable Mrs. Whittingham, Whittingham
First appearance: i the last train east
Mrs. Whittingham shows up with force in IV: The Diamond Necklace. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Mrs. Whittingham first appears in 0000 i the last train east.
In IV: The Diamond Necklace: The Honourable Mrs. Whittingham, who ten years ago bought a diamond necklace with a bad cheque and fled Sellithwaite, though Hannaford traced her.
Later, in Samples of Ink: Identified as the woman from Hannaford's past, an adventuress still liable for fraud.
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- 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 Mrs. Whittingham in i the last train east