# George Hurst — The Eye of Osiris character guide > George Hurst in The Eye of Osiris by R. Austin Freeman. **Role:** supporting **Also known as:** Mr. Hurst, Hurst, George **First appearance:** 0000-i-the-vanishing-man ## Snapshot A bachelor solicitor at Eltham whose quiet dinner hour is shattered when his guest vanishes from a locked study between the front door and the table. ## Who they are Hurst is the relative John Bellingham came to visit, a conventional man whose orderly household becomes the stage for an impossible disappearance. He arrives home, passes into his study, and emerges to find his guest gone, with the housemaid certain no one left by the front. His prompt report to Jellicoe and the Bellinghams sets the investigation in motion, and his account of that evening remains one of the case's most puzzling and consequential testimonies. ## Relationships ### [John Thorndyke](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/characters/john_thorndyke) _rivalry_ George Hurst is a suspicious and antagonistic figure who opposes Thorndyke's inquiries into the case. ### [Ruth Bellingham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/characters/ruth_bellingham) _family_ George Hurst is Ruth Bellingham's cousin, and their relationship is strained due to inheritance disputes. ### [Arthur Jellicoe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/characters/arthur_jellicoe) _rivalry_ Arthur Jellicoe and George Hurst are at odds over family matters and the disappearance of the Bellingham fortune. ### [Mr. Loram](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/characters/mr_loram) _professional_ George Hurst and Mr. Loram are business associates involved in legal and financial dealings related to the case. ### [John Thorndyke](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/characters/john_thorndyke) _rivalry_ George Hurst is a suspicious and antagonistic figure who opposes Thorndyke's inquiries into the case. ### [Ruth Bellingham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/characters/ruth_bellingham) _family_ George Hurst is Ruth Bellingham's cousin, and their relationship is strained due to inheritance disputes. ### [Mr. Loram](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/characters/mr_loram) _professional_ George Hurst and Mr. Loram are business associates involved in legal and financial dealings related to the case. ### [Arthur Jellicoe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/characters/arthur_jellicoe) _rivalry_ Arthur Jellicoe and George Hurst are at odds over family matters and the disappearance of the Bellingham fortune. ### [John Thorndyke](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/characters/john_thorndyke) _rivalry_ George Hurst is a suspicious and antagonistic figure who opposes Thorndyke's inquiries into the case. ### [Arthur Jellicoe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/characters/arthur_jellicoe) _rivalry_ Arthur Jellicoe and George Hurst are at odds over family matters and the disappearance of the Bellingham fortune. ## In the story ### [The Vanishing Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/chapters/i-the-vanishing-man) Relative of John Bellingham at whose house the missing man was last seen. ### [III: John Thorndyke](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/chapters/iii-john-thorndyke) Hurst is identified as the cousin at whose house the missing man was last seen alive. Berkeley mentions that Hurst may be putting pressure on Bellingham and that he did not like the look of him. ### [Legal Complications and a Jackal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/chapters/iv-legal-complications-and-a-jackal) The cousin who stands to inherit under the will's conditions and proposes a financial arrangement. ### [The Evidence Reviewed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/chapters/xi-the-evidence-reviewed) Discussed as a suspect; Thorndyke reveals his past financial indiscretion and notes the scarab evidence is compromised by his presence. ### [A Voyage of Discovery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/chapters/xii-a-voyage-of-discovery) His solicitors have given notice of an application in the Probate Court, prompting the need for Paul's examination. ### [Which Carries the Reader Into the Probate Court](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/chapters/xiv-which-carries-the-reader-into-the-probate-court) The petitioner applying to presume John Bellingham's death and prove the will. ### [XVII: The Accusing Finger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/chapters/xvii-the-accusing-finger) Hurst is identified by Thorndyke as likely to shift suspicion onto Ruth to protect himself. ### [A Strange Symposium](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/chapters/xix-a-strange-symposium) Discussed as a potential beneficiary of the defective will and a suspect in the disappearance. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/characters/george_hurst - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/characters