# Mr. Wilkins — The Three Impostors character guide

> Mr. Wilkins in The Three Impostors by Arthur Machen.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Wilkins

**First appearance:** 0007-the-decorative-imagination

## Who they are

An acquaintance involved in the decorative imagination episode.

## Relationships

### [Mr. Smith](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_impostors_se/characters/mr_smith)

_social_

Mr. Smith and Mr. Wilkins are social acquaintances, possibly connected through business or local community.

### [Mr. Smith](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_impostors_se/characters/mr_smith)

_social_

Mr. Smith and Mr. Wilkins are social acquaintances, possibly connected through business or local community.

## In the story

### [The Encounter of the Pavement](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_impostors_se/chapters/the-encounter-of-the-pavement)

A well-dressed but agitated man who desperately tries to cross Oxford Street to follow a man with spectacles; later composes himself and begins to tell his story.

### [Novel of the Dark Valley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_impostors_se/chapters/novel-of-the-dark-valley)

The alias used by the narrator; recounts his near-lynching and fear of Jack Smith.

### [Incident of the Private Bar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_three_impostors_se/chapters/incident-of-the-private-bar)

Referenced as the narrator of the earlier tale; Dyson seeks him but cannot find him.

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