# Inspector Badger — The Eye of Osiris character guide

> Inspector Badger in The Eye of Osiris by R. Austin Freeman.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Badger, Mr. Badger

**First appearance:** 0000-i-the-vanishing-man

## Snapshot

Inspector Badger is the police officer pursuing the Bellingham case, pragmatic and a little sulky when outmaneuvered by Thorndyke.

## Who they are

Badger leads the official investigation and finds himself negotiating Jellicoe's surrender through a window, then seated at the lawyer's table with a glass of sherry he barely touches. He is competent but conventional, and his instinct to hurry the business collides with Thorndyke's patient method. His presence marks the boundary between official police work and the scientific detection that will ultimately resolve the case.

## Relationships

### [Arthur Jellicoe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/characters/arthur_jellicoe)

_professional_

Arthur Jellicoe interacts with Inspector Badger as part of the official police investigation into the case.

### [John Thorndyke](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/characters/john_thorndyke)

_professional_

Inspector Badger works alongside Thorndyke as a police detective, though with occasional friction over methods.

### [Arthur Jellicoe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/characters/arthur_jellicoe)

_professional_

Arthur Jellicoe interacts with Inspector Badger as part of the official police investigation into the case.

### [Arthur Jellicoe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/characters/arthur_jellicoe)

_professional_

Arthur Jellicoe interacts with Inspector Badger as part of the official police investigation into the case.

### [John Thorndyke](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/characters/john_thorndyke)

_professional_

Inspector Badger works alongside Thorndyke as a police detective, though with occasional friction over methods.

### [John Thorndyke](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/characters/john_thorndyke)

_professional_

Inspector Badger works alongside Thorndyke as a police detective, though with occasional friction over methods.

## In the story

### [A Voyage of Discovery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/chapters/xii-a-voyage-of-discovery)

Mentioned as having examined the bones earlier and checked them against notes in his pocketbook.

### [XIII: The Coroner’s Quest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/chapters/xiii-the-coroner-s-quest)

Testifies about the discovery of remains in Staple's Pond, cross-examined by the cobbler juror.

### [A Strange Symposium](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/chapters/xix-a-strange-symposium)

Present at the symposium, impatiently noting the passage of time.

### [The End of the Case](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eye_of_osiris_se/chapters/xx-the-end-of-the-case)

Present during the confession, frustrated by Jellicoe's death before arrest.

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