# Anne Edgeware — The Crime at Black Dudley character guide

> Anne Edgeware in The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Anne

**First appearance:** 0002-i-candlelight

## Who they are

A terrified young woman at the house party.

## In the story

### [Candlelight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/i-candlelight)

A Stage-cum-Society person sitting next to Wyatt, described as rather pretty.

### [II: The Ritual of the Dagger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/ii-the-ritual-of-the-dagger)

Eagerly asks about the dagger legend and enthusiastically supports playing the ritual game.

### [VI: Mr. Campion Brings the House Down](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/vi-mr-campion-brings-the-house-down)

Mentioned as the person who brought Campion to Black Dudley; Abbershaw wants to question her.

### [Five O'Clock in the Morning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/vii-five-o-clock-in-the-morning)

Joins Abbershaw and Meggie in the garden; reveals she gave Campion a lift and that Wyatt did not invite him.

### [VIII: Open Warfare](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/viii-open-warfare)

Talks quietly with Campion; her sangfroid is shaken by the confrontation.

### [IX: Chris Kennedy Scores a Try Only](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/ix-chris-kennedy-scores-a-try-only)

Screams hysterically when Campion vanishes from beside her, insisting he disappeared into thin air.

### [XII: “Furthermore…" Said Mr. Campion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/xii-furthermore-said-mr-campion)

Mentioned by Campion as the woman who clung to him, delaying his escape.

### [XX: The Roundup](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/xx-the-roundup)

Present in the kitchen with the women, pale but composed, and joins the escape.

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