# Mr. Chapman — The Powerhouse character guide

> Mr. Chapman in The Powerhouse by John Buchan.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Routh—you, your, mine

**First appearance:** 0002-the-powerhouse

## Who they are

A bluff Labour MP with Yorkshire granite in his voice and a boy's romance in his heart, recruited as the narrator's flatmate and self-appointed bodyguard.

## In the story

### [The Powerhouse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_powerhouse_se/chapters/the-powerhouse)

Leithen's ally, providing assistance and information.

### [I: Beginning of the Wild-Goose Chase](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_powerhouse_se/chapters/i-beginning-of-the-wild-goose-chase)

Labour MP and guest at Tommy's dinner; called 'Chipmunk' by Tommy.

### [I Take a Partner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_powerhouse_se/chapters/v-i-take-a-partner)

Labour MP who becomes Leithen's ally, provides background on Routh, and moves into the flat.

### [VI: The Restaurant in Antioch Street](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_powerhouse_se/chapters/vi-the-restaurant-in-antioch-street)

Leithen's ally; receives Leithen's dinner message, remembers the restaurant from the Routh case, and rescues Leithen by force.

### [I Find Sanctuary](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_powerhouse_se/chapters/vii-i-find-sanctuary)

Leithen's ally who carries the statement to Scotland Yard but is run down and robbed of the letter.

### [The Powerhouse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_powerhouse_se/chapters/viii-the-powerhouse)

Referenced as the one who holds the duplicate statement to be delivered to Scotland Yard.

### [Return of the Wild Geese](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_powerhouse_se/chapters/ix-return-of-the-wild-geese)

Reacts with fury to a newspaper's praise of Lumley; switches to the Morning Post; is trusted to keep silent.

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