The Secret House · Character

Montague Fallock

A vanished blackmailer who threatens murder to protect a family scandal, leaving only a cheap locket and two dead accomplices behind him.

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Also known as Montague, Fallock, the mysterious Montague Fallock, the missing Fallock

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As a supporting figure in The Secret House, Montague Fallock is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

The blackmailer being discussed by the dead men; T.

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Montague Fallock haunts the investigation as an absence—a missing man whose threats against his own sister and the millionaire Farrington have already turned fatal. The bodies of his agents, an architect and a courier, surface in a square with nothing on them but a silver locket bearing a misspelled patriotic motto. He is the shadow the police chase through the fog, and the reason the Secret House matters at all.

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Central Mystery Suspects
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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T. B. Smith
professional · positive
Montague Fallock is a professional contact or witness aiding T. How this plays out →
T. B. Smith
professional · positive
Montague Fallock is a professional contact or witness aiding T. How this plays out →
T. B. Smith
professional · positive
Montague Fallock is a professional contact or witness aiding T. How this plays out →

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II
The blackmailer being discussed by the dead men; T. B. Smith believes he may have been in Farrington's house that night.
III
The unseen blackmailer and burglar; steals evidence from T. B.'s office, leaving blood from a cut hand.
VIII
Identified by Lady Constance as the murderer of George Doughton and the target of her vengeance.
IX
Revealed as the blackmailer who threatened Lady Constance and informed George Doughton of her past.
XIV
Revealed as an alias of Farrington; the blackmail operation is described in detail.

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