# Gabriel Stonor — The Murder on the Links character guide

> Gabriel Stonor in The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** M. Stonor, Stonor, Mr. Stonor, X Gabriel Stonor

**First appearance:** 0011-x-gabriel-stonor

## Snapshot

Paul Renauld's English secretary, loyal to the family and cagey about what he knows, who stands by Jack when everyone else has turned away.

## Who they are

Stonor is the practical Englishman in a French drama — he knows the Renaulds' business, he knows the lad, and he refuses to believe Jack is a murderer even when Jack behaves like one. His loyalty is complicated by his deference to Mrs. Renauld: he'll take his cue from her, he says, and hush up whatever she wants hushed. He matters because his guarded hints about 'a lot more in this affair than meets the eye' tell Poirot — and the reader — that the family is hiding something, and because his steady support of Jack keeps the boy from being entirely alone.

## Relationships

### [Hercule Poirot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_on_the_links_se/characters/hercule_poirot)

_professional_

Stonor assists Poirot with financial and business details related to Paul Renauld's affairs.

### [Hercule Poirot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_on_the_links_se/characters/hercule_poirot)

_professional_

Stonor assists Poirot with financial and business details related to Paul Renauld's affairs.

### [Hercule Poirot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_on_the_links_se/characters/hercule_poirot)

_professional_

Stonor assists Poirot with financial and business details related to Paul Renauld's affairs.

## In the story

### [IX: M. Giraud Finds Some Clues](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_on_the_links_se/chapters/ix-m-giraud-finds-some-clues)

Announced as arriving from England at the end of the chapter.

### [X: Gabriel Stonor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_on_the_links_se/chapters/x-gabriel-stonor)

Renauld's secretary, a worldly man who defends Renauld's character and suggests blackmail.

### [XXIV: “Save Him!”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_on_the_links_se/chapters/xxiv-save-him)

Expresses belief in Jack's innocence, discusses the oddness of the case, and agrees to notify Poirot if Madame Renauld recovers.

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