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Algy Longworth

Drummond's old comrade, reduced by engagement to a lovesick idiot who reads Ella Wheeler Wilcox on Derby morning and must be barred from the house.

supporting

Also known as Algy, Longworth

First appearance: i in which the metropolitan diamond syndicate holds converse with mr edward blackton

As a supporting figure in The Third Round, Algy Longworth is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Announces Professor Goodman's discovery and his refusal of the money, and expresses concern for his future father-in-law's safety.
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Algy is a fixture of Drummond's circle, a man of cocktails and golf whose sudden engagement to Brenda Goodman transforms him into a public menace. His friends flee him; Drummond bolts the front door and invents…

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See Algy Longworth in i in which the metropolitan diamond syndicate holds converse with mr edward blackton

Character Web

16 connections

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MFMr. FreyderHDHugh DrummondPGProfessor Good…SRSir Raymond Bl…PSProfessor Sche…ALAlgy Longworth

Relationship types

  • Friendship
  • Rivalry
  • Other

Character groups

  • Drummond's Allies and Family
  • Central Syndicate and Victims
  • Protagonist

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

Professor Goodman’s psychological breaking point—his haggard, defiant accusation (“What have you done to that…

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See Algy Longworth in i in which the metropolitan diamond syndicate holds converse with mr edward blackton

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See Algy Longworth in i in which the metropolitan diamond syndicate holds converse with mr edward blackton