# Mrs. Carter — The Man in Lower Ten character guide

> Mrs. Carter in The Man in Lower Ten by Mary Roberts Rinehart.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Carter

**First appearance:** 0004-v-the-woman-in-the-next-car

## Who they are

A passenger on the train who provides key testimony.

## In the story

### [A New World](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_in_lower_ten_se/chapters/xviii-a-new-world)

Describes the locked door incident and the hat box that reveals Alison's presence.

### [At the Table Next](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_in_lower_ten_se/chapters/xix-at-the-table-next)

The woman from the Ontario; identified by the narrator as the tall, stately woman with a scar over her eye.

### [The Sea, the Sand, the Stars](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_in_lower_ten_se/chapters/xxvii-the-sea-the-sand-the-stars)

Mentioned as 'Dorothy' (Dorothy Browne), Sam's wife, who welcomes Blakeley and arranges the dinner.

### [XXVIII: Alison’s Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_in_lower_ten_se/chapters/xxviii-alison-s-story)

Mentioned as Mrs. Curtis, the sister of Sullivan who orchestrated the compromising situation.

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