The Murder at the Vicarage · Character
Lettice Protheroe
Colonel Protheroe's sharp-eyed daughter from his first marriage, whose cool composure and convenient memory make her a quiet puzzle in the village's gossip.
supporting
Also known as dear Lettice, Miss Lettice, Miss Protheroe, Miss Lettice Protheroe
First appearance: the murder at the vicarage
As a supporting figure in The Murder at the Vicarage, Lettice Protheroe is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Lettice visits the Vicarage, shows indifference to her father's death, and goes to tell Anne about Lawrence's arrest.
Lettice moves through St. Mary Mead with the easy assurance of a girl who has learned to watch her father's household from the sidelines. Miss Marple calls her 'really a very sharp girl' — and not always scrupulous, a hint that her loyalties and motives are more tangled than her pleasant manner suggests. Her early certainty about how the murder inquiry will unfold gives the case one of its first unsettling ripples.
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
Miss Marple’s quiet rebuttal—comparing Raymond West’s metaphor of a “stagnant pool” to his own writing—marks t…
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