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The Comte de Guy

An alias used by Blackton or Peterson, adding to the mystery.

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Also known as The Comte, Edward Blackton—alias Carl Peterson—alias the Comte du Guy

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

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CPCarl PetersonHDHugh DrummondSRSir Raymond Bl…PGProfessor Good…MEMr. Edward Bla…TCThe Comte de Guy

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  • Minor Players and Settings
  • Central Syndicate and Victims
  • Protagonist

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

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
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  • 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 The Comte de Guy in i in which the metropolitan diamond syndicate holds converse with mr edward blackton