# Jérôme Vignal — The Eight Strokes of the Clock character guide

> Jérôme Vignal in The Eight Strokes of the Clock by Maurice Leblanc.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Jérôme, Vignal

**First appearance:** 0002-i-on-the-top-of-the-tower

## Snapshot

A young man caught in the aftermath of a death at the water bottle, whose account of that night never quite squares with the evidence.

## Who they are

Vignal moves through the de Gorne affair as a figure whose testimony matters and whose motives are murky, entangled with a household already shadowed by suspicion. He is the kind of witness who seems helpful until you notice what he leaves out, and his relationship to the dead man's family complicates every question Rénine asks. His evasions are what turn a straightforward death into a puzzle worth pulling apart.

## In the story

### [Footprints in the Snow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eight_strokes_of_the_clock_se/chapters/vii-footprints-in-the-snow)

Young man in love with Natalie de Gorne, accused of her husband's murder; maintains his innocence and respect for Natalie.

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