# Mrs. Lestrange — The Murder at the Vicarage character guide

> Mrs. Lestrange in The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** a Mrs. Lestrange, Still Mrs. Lestrange, Lestrange

**First appearance:** 0001-the-murder-at-the-vicarage

## Snapshot

A cool, self-possessed newcomer whose pleasant smile and blank refusals turn every question from Inspector Slack into a dead end.

## Who they are

Mrs. Lestrange has lived quietly in the village for reasons no one can quite name, and her calm admission that she was alone at home during the murder—with no one to confirm it—only deepens the mystery around her. She concedes she visited Colonel Protheroe the night before his death but refuses to say why, meeting the inspector's rising temper with the same unruffled courtesy. Her composure is the most unsettling thing about her, and it makes her the case's most tantalizing loose thread.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/iii)

Visited by the narrator; appears mysterious and seems to want to share something but holds back.

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/xv)

Receives the narrator and Inspector Slack; provides a vague alibi and refuses to disclose details of her interview with Protheroe.

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/xvii)

Inspector Slack suspects her of blackmail and murder, but the vicar doubts she is a blackmailer.

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/xix)

Her heated argument with Colonel Protheroe is revealed; she is reported to have said 'By this time tomorrow night, you may be dead.'

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