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The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective · Character

Martha Watts

A woman in a case.

minor

First appearance: the black bag left on a doorstep

Martha Watts shows up with force in The Ghost of Fountain Lane. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Young girl who first saw the ghost; her description matches the millenarian vision of Napoleon.
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Martha Watts first appears in 0000 the black bag left on a doorstep.

In The Ghost of Fountain Lane: Young girl who first saw the ghost; her description matches the millenarian vision of Napoleon.

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LBLoveday BrookeMFMr. FreerRGRichard GoldingMWMartha Watts

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  • Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point

This is the dramatic climax because it marks the psychological peak of Loveday’s engagement with the case—her…

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See Martha Watts in the black bag left on a doorstep