# Miss Pettigrew — The Man in the Brown Suit character guide

> Miss Pettigrew in The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the unfortunate Miss Pettigrew, the correct Miss Pettigrew

**First appearance:** 0006-iv

## Who they are

A prim and proper spinster traveling to South Africa.

## In the story

### [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_in_the_brown_suit_se/chapters/xxi)

Miss Pettigrew is Sir Eustace's secretary, taking dictation; she jumps nervously when Anne arrives and breaks her pencil.

### [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_in_the_brown_suit_se/chapters/xxii)

Mentioned as a repellent female with large feet; Pedler suspects she is a crook in disguise.

### [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_in_the_brown_suit_se/chapters/xxiv)

Subdued, avoids Anne, and her face seems vaguely familiar to Anne.

### [XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_in_the_brown_suit_se/chapters/xxviii)

Present during Pedler's dictation and the commotion; accompanies Pedler to Johannesburg.

### [XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_in_the_brown_suit_se/chapters/xxix)

Suspected by government officials of visiting a curio shop used as a revolutionary rendezvous; Pedler defends her.

### [XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_in_the_brown_suit_se/chapters/xxxi)

Seen with Rayburn; Pagett suspects she is a man in disguise after finding a razor and toupee in her room.

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