# Moriarty — The Gold Bat character guide

> Moriarty in The Gold Bat by P. G. Wodehouse.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0000-i-the-fifteenth-place

## Who they are

A student at Wrykyn, involved in the League.

## In the story

### [III: The Mayor’s Statue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gold_bat_se/chapters/iii-the-mayor-s-statue)

O'Hara's ally who helped tar the statue; mentioned as having a key to the boathouse.

### [O'Hara on the Track](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gold_bat_se/chapters/viii-o-hara-on-the-track)

O'Hara's ally; he agrees to help catch the League and shares O'Hara's enthusiasm for the prospect of a disturbance.

### [Mainly About Ferrets](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gold_bat_se/chapters/ix-mainly-about-ferrets)

Spars with O'Hara at the gymnasium; reminds O'Hara that the League is more likely to meet after lockup, leading to a plan to watch the vault on a future night.

### [XVII: The Watchers in the Vault](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gold_bat_se/chapters/xvii-the-watchers-in-the-vault)

Accompanies O'Hara in the vault, helps find the trapdoor, and participates in the alibi at the gymnasium.

### [A Dress Rehearsal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gold_bat_se/chapters/xxii-a-dress-rehearsal)

Times the sparring rounds between Trevor and O'Hara; mentioned as having beaten Rand-Brown previously.

### [What Renford Saw](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gold_bat_se/chapters/xxiii-what-renford-saw)

Seconds O'Hara during the fight, standing in a corner of the fives-court.

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