# Loyalty and Betrayal in The Third Round

> Theme guide for The Third Round by H. C. McNeile.

Loyalty is tested among friends and criminals alike—Drummond's comrades rally to him, while the Syndicate members betray each other out of fear, and Blackton double-crosses his employers, showing how self-interest undermines trust.

## Where it surfaces

- [In Which Drummond Leaves the S.Y. Gadfly](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_third_round_se/chapters/xi-in-which-drummond-leaves-the-s-y-gadfly): Drummond's loyalty to Professor Goodman drives his risky escape plan.

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