Hamilton Beamish

George Finch

George and Hamilton are close friends and frequent companions, often involved in shared adventures and schemes.

C

C and Hamilton Beamish are allies and friends, frequently interacting in social and plot-driven contexts.

Officer Garroway

Hamilton Beamish and Officer Garroway have an antagonistic relationship, with Garroway often pursuing or confronting Beamish.

Sigsbee H. Waddington

Hamilton and Sigsbee are friends, often socializing together within their mutual network.

Molly Waddington

Hamilton Beamish and Molly Waddington are friendly acquaintances, interacting through their shared social group.

Madame Eulalie

Hamilton Beamish has a manipulative or obsessive dynamic with Madame Eulalie, often involving intrigue or control.

George Finch

George and Hamilton are close friends and frequent companions, often involved in shared adventures and schemes.

C

C and Hamilton Beamish are allies and friends, frequently interacting in social and plot-driven contexts.

Officer Garroway

Hamilton Beamish and Officer Garroway have an antagonistic relationship, with Garroway often pursuing or confronting Beamish.

Molly Waddington

Hamilton Beamish and Molly Waddington are friendly acquaintances, interacting through their shared social group.

Sigsbee H. Waddington

Hamilton and Sigsbee are friends, often socializing together within their mutual network.

George Finch

George and Hamilton are close friends and frequent companions, often involved in shared adventures and schemes.

I

Author of the Beamish Booklets, he arrives on the roof to tutor a policeman in poetry and criticizes Mullett's sweeping technique.

II

Teaches Officer Garroway about modern poetry and observation, emphasizing starkness over prettiness.

III

Mullett was sent to George by Mr. Beamish, and Officer Garroway respects his name enough to drop the matter.

IV

Lectures George on love, reveals his intimate knowledge of the Waddington family, and warns George about Mrs. Waddington's character.

V

Mentioned as an intimate friend of the young lady who will introduce George to her.

III

Hamilton visits George and confesses his love for Madame Eulalie, whom he met at the opera.

III

Mentioned as a mutual acquaintance; Molly has known him all her life.

IV

Falls in love with a mysterious girl, adding a romantic subplot.

I

George's friend who receives a phone call from Molly Waddington and agrees to go to the house to talk about George.

II

Falls in love at first sight with a mysterious girl, abandoning his policy of Sane Love.

III

Reveals he has fallen in love with a mysterious girl he met on a bus, and agrees to help Molly with her plan.

IV

Visits Madame Eulalie, falls deeper in love, defends her from arrest, and arranges a ruse to help George Finch.

V

Reports meeting Madame Eulalie and delivers Molly's message to George.

II

Defends George, reveals his wealth, and secures Mrs. Waddington's reluctant consent to the marriage.

VI

Visits George to confide about his love for a mysterious girl, revealing his romantic and impulsive nature.

I

Listens to Waddington's confession but offers no real help, only sarcastic advice; leaves to speak at a luncheon of the Young Women Writers of America.

VII

Speaks on the telephone, criticizes Garroway's poem, and extols love as the sole worthy poetic theme.

VIII

George's friend, who delivers the news about the clergyman's accident and the message about May Stubbs, while trying to calm George's nerves.

IX

Devises a plan to use a 'white-faced girl' to scare off May; catches Fanny Welch stealing the necklace and recruits her for his drama.

Chapter X

Reveals his plan to discredit George to Madame Eulalie, then discovers she is May Stubbs. Overcome with jealousy, he declares his love and proposes marriage.

XIV

Declares his love for Madame Eulalie.

XVI

Hamilton confides in George about his own romantic struggles, revealing his love for a mysterious girl.

II

Escapes the raid with Madame Eulalie, using his intellect to devise a plan for concealment.

III

Intervenes in the dispute, claims the woman inside is his fiancée, and dismisses Officer Garroway's story about George Finch.

IV

Recalled for his advice about the policeman and his casual handling of authorities.

Chapter XVII

Still obsessed with Madame Eulalie, providing comic relief.

II

Mentioned as the person who can provide information about Garroway's whereabouts.

XVIII

Mediates with Officer Garroway, resolving the pepper incident and George's assault.