# Deputy — The Mystery of Edwin Drood character guide

> Deputy in The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0004-v-mr-durdles-and-friend

## Who they are

Street urchin who taunts Durdles and Jasper; appears around the cathedral and graveyard.

## In the story

### [Mr. Durdles and Friend](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_edwin_drood_se/chapters/v-mr-durdles-and-friend)

A ragged boy who pelts Durdles with stones for a halfpenny, chanting a warning rhyme.

### [A Night with Durdles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_edwin_drood_se/chapters/xii-a-night-with-durdles)

The 'hideous small boy' appears at the end, taunting Jasper with his chant and stones. He provokes Jasper's violent rage but escapes through cunning, hiding behind Durdles.

### [A Settler in Cloisterham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_edwin_drood_se/chapters/xviii-a-settler-in-cloisterham)

A mischievous boy who guides Datchery to Tope's and later demands wages from Durdles.

### [XXIII: The Dawn Again](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_edwin_drood_se/chapters/xxiii-the-dawn-again)

Stones headstones in the churchyard; reveals his nickname 'Winks' and his dislike for Jasper; later peeps through the choir bars during the service.

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