# Tom Whistlewick — The Room in the Dragon Volant character guide

> Tom Whistlewick in The Room in the Dragon Volant by J. Sheridan Le Fanu.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Tom, Whistlewick, the agreeable Tom Whistlewick

**First appearance:** 0003-ii-the-innyard-of-the-belle-toile

## Who they are

A cheerful English acquaintance of the narrator traveling in France.

## Relationships

### [Monsieur Carmaignac](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_room_in_the_dragon_volant_se/characters/monsieur_carmaignac)

_social_

Carmaignac and Tom Whistlewick are casual acquaintances, sharing information about the case.

### [Monsieur Carmaignac](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_room_in_the_dragon_volant_se/characters/monsieur_carmaignac)

_social_

Carmaignac and Tom Whistlewick are casual acquaintances, sharing information about the case.

## In the story

### [Strange Story of the Dragon Volant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_room_in_the_dragon_volant_se/chapters/xv-strange-story-of-the-dragon-volant)

A Waterloo hero, slightly tipsy, introduces the narrator to Monsieur Carmaignac and later peeps into a fortune-teller's booth.

### [XVII: The Tenant of the Palanquin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_room_in_the_dragon_volant_se/chapters/xvii-the-tenant-of-the-palanquin)

Dines with the narrator and recounts the discovery of a corpse in the palanquin.

### [XVIII: The Churchyard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_room_in_the_dragon_volant_se/chapters/xviii-the-churchyard)

Present at dinner, comments on the story with Dutch courage.

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