# Herbert Druce — The Incredulity of Father Brown character guide

> Herbert Druce in The Incredulity of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Druce, Herbert, Colonel Druce, the Colonel, Donald Druce, young Donald, Donald, poor Donald, Miss Druce, Janet Druce

**First appearance:** 0008-the-dagger-with-wings

## Snapshot

Colonel Herbert Druce, a bluff military man of the Druce family, whose death turns a country gathering into a locked-room puzzle.

## Who they are

Colonel Druce belongs to the world of English country houses and family pride, a man whose rank and temper make him a natural centre of any room he enters. His relations — including young Donald — orbit him with a mixture of deference and unease, and the family's fortunes and quarrels gather around his name. When death comes to him, it is the kind of death that looks impossible, and it is precisely this impossibility that draws Father Brown into the case.

## In the story

### [The Oracle of the Dog](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_incredulity_of_father_brown_se/chapters/the-oracle-of-the-dog)

One of the cousins present during the walk; an authority on horse-breeding.

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