Madge Frettlby

Brian Fitzgerald

Brian and Madge are deeply in love, with Brian courting Madge despite the shadow of Oliver Whyte's murder.

Mark Frettlby

Madge is Mark's devoted daughter, though their relationship is strained by the murder investigation and her love for Brian.

Sal Rawlins

Madge encounters Sal Rawlins as a mysterious figure from the lower classes who knows secrets about her family.

Brian Fitzgerald

Brian and Madge are deeply in love, with Brian courting Madge despite the shadow of Oliver Whyte's murder.

Brian Fitzgerald

Brian and Madge are deeply in love, with Brian courting Madge despite the shadow of Oliver Whyte's murder.

Mark Frettlby

Madge is Mark's devoted daughter, though their relationship is strained by the murder investigation and her love for Brian.

Sal Rawlins

Madge encounters Sal Rawlins as a mysterious figure from the lower classes who knows secrets about her family.

Mark Frettlby

Madge is Mark's devoted daughter, though their relationship is strained by the murder investigation and her love for Brian.

Sal Rawlins

Madge encounters Sal Rawlins as a mysterious figure from the lower classes who knows secrets about her family.

VI: Mr. Gorby Makes Further Discoveries

Subject of Whyte's affection; engaged to Brian Fitzgerald, which led to quarrels between the two men.

VII: The Wool King

Frettlby's charming daughter, now engaged to Brian Fitzgerald; she is present at the birthday dinner and exchanges banter with Felix Rolleston.

Brian Takes a Walk and a Drive

Madge appears briefly, kissing Brian goodnight and inviting him to return tomorrow, while Gorby watches from the shadows.

Mr. Gorby Is Satisfied at Last

Brian's fiancée; mentioned as the one who made an arrangement for tea at Brian's lodgings.

X: In the Queen's Name

Spends the morning shopping with Brian; defends him after his arrest, declaring her love.

XI: Counsel for the Prisoner

Defends Brian's innocence and refuses to leave Melbourne despite her father's urging.

She Was a True Woman

Visits Brian in prison against her father's wishes, determined to save his life.

Madge Makes a Discovery

Determined to save Brian, she leads the search for the letter and finds it.

Missing

Mentioned as being very ill due to worry over Fitzgerald's situation.

XVII: The Trial

Attends the trial veiled against her father's wishes; prays for Brian's acquittal.

Sal Rawlins Tells All She Knows

Receives the news of Sal's appearance with gratitude and prays for her lover's safety.

The Verdict of the Jury

Waits anxiously in court; embraces Brian after his acquittal.

Three Months Afterwards

Recovering from the trial, now grave and beautiful; hosts guests at Yabba Yallook; questions Sal about the mysterious woman.

XXII: A Daughter of Eve

Persists in questioning Brian about the secret, but ultimately chooses love over curiosity; agrees to marry him at once and leave Australia; delighted by her father's yachting proposal.

Across the Walnuts and the Wine

Hosts the dinner party with her father, plays Mendelssohn on the piano, and later walks with Brian in the garden, discussing a haunted house.

XXIV: Brian Receives a Letter

Brian thinks of her lovingly during his ride and later fears the impact of the secret on her.

What Dr. Chinston Said

Hosts a lawn-tennis party; learns from Dr. Chinston that her father's heart is dangerously affected and that a sudden shock could kill him.

Mark Frettlby Has a Visitor

Returns to Melbourne and invites Brian to dinner; sings and talks with him; becomes alarmed by a cry from her father's study.

XXIX: Mr. Calton’s Curiosity Is Satisfied

Discussed as the illegitimate daughter of Mark Frettlby, whose position is now threatened by the revelation.

Nemesis

Sees the marriage certificate, realizes her father murdered Whyte, screams, and faints beside her father's corpse.

XXXI: Hush-Money

Lies ill with brain fever after seeing the marriage certificate and her father's death; her ravings may reveal the truth.

XXXII: De Mortuis Nil Nisi Bonum

Lies delirious, raving about her father's guilt and Brian's innocence.

XXXIII: The Confession

Frettlby's daughter, whose legitimacy and marriage are central to the conflict.

The Love That Lives

Recovers from illness, learns of her father's early marriage, marries Brian, and leaves Australia, placing her estate management in Calton's hands.