The Middle Temple Murder · Character
Mr. Lummis
A man briefly mentioned in the stamp dealing subplot.
minor
Also known as Lummis
First appearance: ix the dealer in rare stamps
Mr. Lummis shows up with force in XVI: The “Yellow Dragon”. The page is where that presence becomes real.
An eighty-one-year-old regular who joins the bar-parlour symposium along with Mr.
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In XVI: The “Yellow Dragon”: An eighty-one-year-old regular who joins the bar-parlour symposium along with Mr. Skene. Later, in Mr. Quarterpage Harks Back: One of the old gentlemen present; agrees with Mr.
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- Background & Supporting Cast
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- Protagonist
- Central Mystery Figures
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Closing
This is the dramatic climax because it reveals the psychological reversal where Myerst, the captured extortion…
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