# Mr. Grewgious — The Mystery of Edwin Drood character guide

> Mr. Grewgious in The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Grewgious, Angular Mr. Grewgious

**First appearance:** 0002-iii-the-nuns-house

## Who they are

A dry, angular London lawyer who guards Rosa's interests with rigid honesty, Mr. Grewgious takes seriously what others in Cloisterham would rather leave vague.

## In the story

### [IX: Birds in the Bush](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_edwin_drood_se/chapters/ix-birds-in-the-bush)

Visits Rosa to tell her the engagement is not binding if either party wishes to dissolve it. Later, he explains his conversation to John Jasper.

### [A Picture and a Ring](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_edwin_drood_se/chapters/xi-a-picture-and-a-ring)

Reveals his deep emotional attachment to Rosa's mother and his anxiety about the ring's fate.

### [XIII: Both at Their Best](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_edwin_drood_se/chapters/xiii-both-at-their-best)

Referenced as the guardian who will be asked to break the news to Jasper.

### [XV: Impeached](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_edwin_drood_se/chapters/xv-impeached)

Visits Jasper to reveal that Edwin and Rosa had broken their engagement, causing Jasper's dramatic collapse.

### [XVI: Devoted](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_edwin_drood_se/chapters/xvi-devoted)

Delivers the news of the broken engagement and observes Jasper's reaction with a wooden, imperturbable demeanor.

### [XX: A Flight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_edwin_drood_se/chapters/xx-a-flight)

Receives Rosa with chivalrous tenderness and vows to protect her from Jasper, showing a sudden and surprising burst of energy.

### [A Recognition](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_edwin_drood_se/chapters/xxi-a-recognition)

Rosa's guardian, who has taken her in and is devising a cautious plan for her to communicate with Helena. He is methodical and protective.

### [A Gritty State of Things Comes On](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_edwin_drood_se/chapters/xxii-a-gritty-state-of-things-comes-on)

Arranging for Miss Twinkleton to stay with Rosa in London and advising on the strategy against Jasper.

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