The Sea Mystery · Character

Mr. Fogden

A shipping clerk involved in the dispatch of the crate.

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Also known as this Mr. Fogden, Fogden

Mr. Fogden shows up with force in V: Messrs. Berlyn and Pyke. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Sales manager at Veda Works; provides information about the crate and the duplicator order.

Mr. Fogden first appears in 0005 vi the despatch of the crate.

In V: Messrs. Berlyn and Pyke: Sales manager at Veda Works; provides information about the crate and the duplicator order.

Later, in The Despatch of the Crate: Manager at Veda Works who assists French, vouches for Gurney, and explains the firm's despatch system.

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V: Messrs. Berlyn and Pyke
Sales manager at Veda Works; provides information about the crate and the duplicator order.
The Despatch of the Crate
Manager at Veda Works who assists French, vouches for Gurney, and explains the firm's despatch system.
XI: John Gurney, Night Watchman
Mentioned as the person French will ask to overlook Gurney's sleeping on the job, in exchange for Gurney's cooperation.
XII: The Duplicator
Provides details about Mrs. Berlyn's party and confirms the alibis of several suspects.

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