# Matt Soames — The Splendid Spur character guide

> Matt Soames in The Splendid Spur by Arthur Quiller-Couch.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** poor Matt

**First appearance:** 0009-viii-i-lose-the-king-s-letter-and-am-carried-to-bristol

## Who they are

A fellow prisoner and friend to the narrator in Bristol.

## In the story

### [Captain Pottery and Captain Settle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_spur_se/chapters/x-captain-pottery-and-captain-settle)

Master of the Godsend; found dead-drunk by Pottery.

### [The Adventure of the Hearse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_spur_se/chapters/xix-the-adventure-of-the-hearse)

Part of Billy's crew; hides with Jack in the hearse and helps manage the horses after the ambush.

### [XX: The Adventure of the Ledge; and How I Shook Hands with My Comrade](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_spur_se/chapters/xx-the-adventure-of-the-ledge-and-how-i-shook-hands-with-my-comrade)

Rides with Jack to Gleys, finds Jack's boots in the laurel bushes.

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