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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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BQBenjamin Quart…FSFrank SpargoNCNicholas Cardl…MKMr. KayeMLMr. Lummis

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Character groups

  • Background & Supporting Cast
  • Market Milcaster Informants
  • Protagonist
  • Central Mystery Figures

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationClimax
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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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