The Mind of Mr. J. G. Reeder · Character
Mr. Sidney Telfer
A frail, fastidious heir who inherited Telfers Consolidated before he was old enough to shave, and now steers it toward ruin with trembling hands.
supporting
Also known as Telfer, Sidney
First appearance: the poetical policeman
As a supporting figure in The Mind of Mr. J. G. Reeder, Mr. Sidney Telfer is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Head of Telfers Consolidated, weak and eccentric, gives banknotes to his housekeeper Mrs.
Sidney Telfer heads a grand City firm he never earned, drifting into his Threadneedle Street office only when the mood suits and sniffing at a cambric handkerchief while his underwriting turns reckless. Painfully thin, with a head too small for his height, he is at once pitiable and repellent, and his clumsy, unwanted advances toward his secretary, Miss Belman, make her dread the boudoir atmosphere of his rooms. Roy Master calls him a halfwitted weakling, and the rumors of Telfers' shaky finances suggest his weakness may be more dangerous than merely sad.
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- Other
Character groups
- Police and underworld figures
- Protagonist
- Criminal associates and suspects
- Diverse suspects and witnesses
- Minor narrative characters
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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See Mr. Sidney Telfer in the poetical policeman