# The D’Arblay Mystery — Character guide

> Key figures in The D’Arblay Mystery by R. Austin Freeman.

- [Dr. Thorndyke](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_d_arblay_mystery_se/characters/dr_thorndyke.md): Thorndyke moves through the D'Arblay affair with characteristic reticence, admitting Dr. Gray into his confidence while evading questions he isn't ready to answer. He is a man you cannot take liberties with, as Marion ob
- [Marion D'Arblay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_d_arblay_mystery_se/characters/marion_d_arblay.md): Marion D'Arblay is a working woman whose livelihood depends on the very studio where murder and burglary keep intruding. After a scuffling attacker vanishes into the fog and a shriek echoes through her lobby, she must ba
- [Mr. Bendelow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_d_arblay_mystery_se/characters/mr_bendelow.md): Bendelow exists in the story chiefly as a name on a will, a set of witnesses, and a pot of bone-ash, yet his absence drives everything. Thorndyke's refusal to accept the easy identification of the deceased, and his insis
- [Polton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_d_arblay_mystery_se/characters/polton.md): Polton is the quiet engine of Thorndyke's chambers, reminding his absorbed employer to eat and materializing whatever the case requires, from supper to a handbag of revolvers. His methods are unconventional, his loyalty 
- [Detective-Superintendent Miller](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_d_arblay_mystery_se/characters/detective_superintendent_miller.md): Miller arrives at King's Bench Walk with a bundle of papers and a healthy skepticism, demanding to know what Thorndyke has got when there is no photograph, no description, and no body to identify. His exasperation, bange
- [Mr. Morris](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_d_arblay_mystery_se/characters/mr_morris.md): Mr. Morris is the executrix's husband, a figure who vanishes from his known address just when the American investigator Wilson comes looking for him. His flight, and the fact that probate was quietly completed beforehand
- [Mrs. Morris](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_d_arblay_mystery_se/characters/mrs_morris.md): Mrs. Morris surfaces in the official record as the executrix of Simon Bendelow's will, a woman whose convenient disappearance stymies Wilson's inquiries at every turn. She introduced two elderly spinster witnesses to the
- [Stephen Gray](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_d_arblay_mystery_se/characters/stephen_gray.md): Stephen Gray works alongside Marion D'Arblay in her studio, casting anatomical waxes and sharing suppers at Ivy Cottage, while serving as Thorndyke's eyes and hands in the D'Arblay investigation. When he shows Marion a p
- [Miss Dewsnep](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_d_arblay_mystery_se/characters/miss_dewsnep.md): Miss Dewsnep moves through the D'Arblay circle with the authority of long acquaintance, someone who remembers what the family would rather forget. Her knowledge of old scandals and hidden arrangements gives her a leverag
- [Dr. Usher](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_d_arblay_mystery_se/characters/dr_usher.md): Local physician involved in the case.
- [Dr. Cropper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_d_arblay_mystery_se/characters/dr_cropper.md): Medical professional consulted during the investigation.
- [Miss Boler](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_d_arblay_mystery_se/characters/miss_boler.md): Marion D'Arblay's companion or relative.
- [Dr. Cornish](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_d_arblay_mystery_se/characters/dr_cornish.md): Another doctor who appears in the narrative.
- [Wilson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_d_arblay_mystery_se/characters/wilson.md): American character involved in the plot.
- [Sarah Elizabeth Morris](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_d_arblay_mystery_se/characters/sarah_elizabeth_morris.md): Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morris.
- [Julius D'Arblay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_d_arblay_mystery_se/characters/julius_d_arblay.md): Relative of Marion D'Arblay, possibly deceased.
- [Arabella](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_d_arblay_mystery_se/characters/arabella.md): A fierce dog owned by a character.
- [Inspector Follett](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_d_arblay_mystery_se/characters/inspector_follett.md): Police inspector who makes an early discovery.
- [Jonathan Crile](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_d_arblay_mystery_se/characters/jonathan_crile.md): Son of old Crile, with a role in the mystery.
- [Miss Bonington](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_d_arblay_mystery_se/characters/miss_bonington.md): Acquaintance of the D'Arblay family.

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