The Man in the Queue · Character
Marcel
A servant or associate of the victim.
minor
First appearance: i murder
Marcel shows up with force in IV: Raoul Legarde. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The head waiter at Laurent's who greets Grant and Williams, expressing sorrow over the lack of a good table.
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In IV: Raoul Legarde: The head waiter at Laurent's who greets Grant and Williams, expressing sorrow over the lack of a good table. Later, in VI: The Levantine: The maître d'hôtel who chats with Grant about the case and…
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- Extended cast and background figures
- Protagonist
- Primary suspects and witnesses
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Grant reaches his psychological peak here because his conscious mind, which has successfully completed the cas…
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See Marcel in i murder