# Alfred Finch — The Story of Ivy character guide

> Alfred Finch in The Story of Ivy by Marie Belloc Lowndes.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Finch

**First appearance:** 0009-ix

## Who they are

A servant or employee in the Lexton or Rushworth household, involved in subplots.

## Relationships

### [Ivy Lexton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/characters/ivy_lexton)

_psychological_

Alfred Finch is a manipulative figure who exerts a controlling and obsessive influence over Ivy.

### [Enid Dent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/characters/enid_dent)

_rivalry_

Alfred and Enid are antagonists, each vying for influence over Ivy and distrusting the other's motives.

### [Roger Gretorex](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/characters/roger_gretorex)

_rivalry_

Alfred and Roger are bitter rivals, competing for Ivy's attention and harboring deep animosity.

### [Ivy Lexton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/characters/ivy_lexton)

_psychological_

Alfred Finch is a manipulative figure who exerts a controlling and obsessive influence over Ivy.

### [Roger Gretorex](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/characters/roger_gretorex)

_rivalry_

Alfred and Roger are bitter rivals, competing for Ivy's attention and harboring deep animosity.

### [Enid Dent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/characters/enid_dent)

_rivalry_

Alfred and Enid are antagonists, each vying for influence over Ivy and distrusting the other's motives.

### [Enid Dent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/characters/enid_dent)

_rivalry_

Alfred and Enid are antagonists, each vying for influence over Ivy and distrusting the other's motives.

### [Ivy Lexton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/characters/ivy_lexton)

_psychological_

Alfred Finch is a manipulative figure who exerts a controlling and obsessive influence over Ivy.

### [Roger Gretorex](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/characters/roger_gretorex)

_rivalry_

Alfred and Roger are bitter rivals, competing for Ivy's attention and harboring deep animosity.

## In the story

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/chapters/xiii)

Mr. Oram's head clerk who is keenly interested in the Lexton case and shares gossip about Ivy's nightclub activities and a suspected beau.

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/chapters/xvii)

Mr. Oram's clerk, shares Sir Joseph Molloy's theory that a wealthy admirer of Ivy Lexton may have murdered Jervis, and that money could have bought silence.

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/chapters/xix)

Takes Mrs. Huntley's statement and letters; hopes to find new evidence.

### [XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/chapters/xx)

Head clerk of Mr. Oram, providing key documents and insights.

## Links

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