The Special Correspondent · Character
Zinca Klork
A young Romanian milliner in Peking, charming and anxious, waiting for a betrothed who has traveled to her hidden inside a luggage van.
supporting
Also known as Mademoiselle Zinca Klork, Zinca, pretty Zinca Klork, the fair Zinca Klork, Mademoiselle Klork, Mademoiselle Zinca, Mademoiselle, The unhappy Zinca
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Addressee of the mysterious case; presumed Romanian, living in Peking.
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Zinca Klork lives modestly on the first floor of a house off the Avenue Cha-Coua, plying the milliner's trade she learned in Paris. She and her Kinko are too poor to pay his fare, so she had him smuggled across Asia in…
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- Romantic
- Social
- Other
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Kinko
romantic · positive
Kinko is deeply infatuated with Zinca Klork, pursuing her with persistent devotion. How this plays out →
- Claudius Bombarnac
social · positive
- Kinko
romantic · positive
Kinko is deeply infatuated with Zinca Klork, pursuing her with persistent devotion. How this plays out →
- Kinko
romantic · positive
Kinko is deeply infatuated with Zinca Klork, pursuing her with persistent devotion. How this plays out →
- Claudius Bombarnac
social · positive
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