# Tom Greenslade — The Three Hostages character guide

> Tom Greenslade in The Three Hostages by John Buchan.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Greenslade, Tom, Tommy rot

**First appearance:** 0002-i-doctor-greenslade-theorises

## Who they are

Hannay's doctor and neighbour, whose half-remembered scraps of a dream — a blind spinner, a saeter, a sower — set the whole pursuit in motion.

## Relationships

### [Dominick Medina](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_hostages_se/characters/dominick_medina)

_psychological_

Medina manipulates Tom Greenslade, using him as a tool in his scheme to control Dick Hannay.

### [Dominick Medina](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_hostages_se/characters/dominick_medina)

_psychological_

Medina manipulates Tom Greenslade, using him as a tool in his scheme to control Dick Hannay.

### [Dominick Medina](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_hostages_se/characters/dominick_medina)

_psychological_

Medina manipulates Tom Greenslade, using him as a tool in his scheme to control Dick Hannay.

## In the story

### [I: Doctor Greenslade Theorises](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_hostages_se/chapters/i-doctor-greenslade-theorises)

A country doctor and close friend of Hannay, with a vast range of experiences and an insatiable curiosity; he theorizes about detective fiction and the psychological aftermath of the war.

### [III: Researches in the Subconscious](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_hostages_se/chapters/iii-researches-in-the-subconscious)

Struggles to remember the origin of the three facts; senses a connection to a hymn tune; suggests Dominick Medina as the possible source.

### [IV: I Make the Acquaintance of a Popular Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_hostages_se/chapters/iv-i-make-the-acquaintance-of-a-popular-man)

Mentioned in connection with the rhymes that sparked Hannay's interest; Hannay considers the story thin after Macgillivray's briefing.

### [Our Time Is Narrowed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_hostages_se/chapters/xvi-our-time-is-narrowed)

Mentioned as being fussy about Peter John; used as part of the cover story.

### [The Night of the First of June](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_hostages_se/chapters/xviii-the-night-of-the-first-of-june)

Brings Hannay a message from Mary and delivers instructions for the night's rendezvous at the Fields of Eden.

### [XXI: How I Stalked Wilder Game Than Deer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_hostages_se/chapters/xxi-how-i-stalked-wilder-game-than-deer)

Referenced in the context of reporting that the Corrie holds only small dark fingerlings.

### [II: 2:15 p.m., to About 5 p.m.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_hostages_se/chapters/ii-2-15-p-m-to-about-5-p-m)

Mentioned in Hannay's thoughts as coming up from the river.

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