# The Square Emerald — Character guide

> Key figures in The Square Emerald by Edgar Wallace.

- [Leslie Maughan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/characters/leslie_maughan.md): A young woman policeman whose cool nerve and sharp eye pull her into a case where a convict, a gun, and a missing child all point the same way.
- [Peter Dawlish](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/characters/peter_dawlish.md): Fresh out of Dartmoor in a scarecrow's suit, this educated ex-convict trades his prison-made clothes for a seat by Leslie Maughan's fire and a second chance.
- [Princess Anita Bellini](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/characters/princess_anita_bellini.md): Six feet of Eton-cropped, monocled aristocracy who rescued Greta Gurden from the chorus and now runs her life with the same ruthless grip.
- [Jane Raytham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/characters/jane_raytham.md): A well-dressed, unhappy wife who burns a policewoman's card in the fire rather than tell what she knows about her husband's affairs.
- [Greta Gurden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/characters/greta_gurden.md): A gushing, carmined journalist who edits Mayfair Gossip and lives on a seven-and-a-half income, forever afraid of missing something.
- [Mr. Coldwell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/characters/mr_coldwell.md): A Chief Inspector with a callous eye for rubber clubs and forged telegrams, who works the case with the patience of a man who has seen it all.
- [Lady Raytham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/characters/lady_raytham.md): At twenty-eight, Lady Raytham has the austere, purposeful face of a woman built to defend a castle — yet on this sleet-grey February evening she is uncertain and irritable, closer to fear than she has ever been. Her husb
- [Mrs. Inglethorne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/characters/mrs_inglethorne.md): A minor character described as unhealthy-looking.
- [Lucretia Brown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/characters/lucretia_brown.md): A woman who reacts strongly to events, possibly a servant.
- [Anthony Druze](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/characters/anthony_druze.md): Druze moves through Lady Raytham's saloon with soft-footed precision, head bent to catch her slightest whisper, a quizzical smile never quite leaving his eyes. He is the household's most trusted servant and its most atte
- [Elizabeth Dawlish](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/characters/elizabeth_dawlish.md): A woman possibly related to Peter Dawlish.
- [Donald Dawlish](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/characters/donald_dawlish.md): An older relative of Peter Dawlish, possibly deceased.
- [Dr. Elford Wesley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/characters/dr_elford_wesley.md): An elderly doctor in the story.
- [Margaret Dawlish](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/characters/margaret_dawlish.md): A woman with the Dawlish surname.
- [Lord Everreed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/characters/lord_everreed.md): A titled nobleman appearing in the story.
- [Mrs. Hobbs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/characters/mrs_hobbs.md): A servant or housekeeper described as obedient.

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