# Mr. Bunfit — The Eustace Diamonds character guide

> Mr. Bunfit in The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Bunfit

**First appearance:** 0048-xlix-bunfit-and-gager

## Who they are

A police detective working on the diamond case, often at odds with Gager.

## In the story

### [XLVIII: Lizzie’s Condition](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/chapters/xlviii-lizzie-s-condition)

The detective officer presses for permission to search Lizzie's boxes and drawers, suspecting the diamonds may be hidden among her things.

### [Bunfit and Gager](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/chapters/xlix-bunfit-and-gager)

Investigates the theft; theorizes Lizzie is complicit and may still have the diamonds; notices Lizzie's key-clutching.

### [Humpty Dumpty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/chapters/lvii-humpty-dumpty)

Discusses the diamond thefts with Gager, holding to his theory that Lord George was involved and the second robbery was a plant.

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