# Isabel Topham — The Secret of the Old Clock character guide

> Isabel Topham in The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Isabel

**First appearance:** 0010-xi-visiting-the-tophams

## Who they are

Daughter of the Topham family, involved in the conflict over the will.

## Relationships

### [Nancy Drew](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_clock_se/characters/nancy_drew)

_rivalry_

Isabel is a snobbish and antagonistic member of the Topham family who opposes Nancy at every turn.

### [Nancy Drew](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_clock_se/characters/nancy_drew)

_rivalry_

Isabel is a snobbish and antagonistic member of the Topham family who opposes Nancy at every turn.

### [Nancy Drew](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_clock_se/characters/nancy_drew)

_rivalry_

Isabel is a snobbish and antagonistic member of the Topham family who opposes Nancy at every turn.

## In the story

### [The Lost Will](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_clock_se/chapters/i-the-lost-will)

Isabel Topham is the other Topham daughter, also snobbish and set to inherit.

### [II: A Chance Meeting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_clock_se/chapters/ii-a-chance-meeting)

Present with Ada at the store, sharing her sister's rude demeanor.

### [VI: An Unpleasant Encounter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_clock_se/chapters/vi-an-unpleasant-encounter)

Supports Ada's false accusation in the store; later converses with Ada in the park about 'the will.'

### [VII: Nancy Turns Sleuth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_clock_se/chapters/vii-nancy-turns-sleuth)

Hints that her father would prevent any other will from threatening their claim, showing complicity in potential suppression.

### [Visiting the Tophams](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_clock_se/chapters/xi-visiting-the-tophams)

Rude and dismissive, she points out the clock in the room to Nancy.

### [XX: What Nancy Found](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_clock_se/chapters/xx-what-nancy-found)

Mentioned in Nancy's recollection of overheard conversation.

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