# Dr. Tappenden — The Trail of the Serpent character guide

> Dr. Tappenden in The Trail of the Serpent by M. E. Braddon.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** June Dr. Tappenden

**First appearance:** 0001-i-the-good-schoolmaster

## Who they are

The headmaster of the Slopperton school.

## In the story

### [The Good Schoolmaster](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_trail_of_the_serpent_se/chapters/i-the-good-schoolmaster)

Mentioned as the head of the academy where Jabez North works.

### [The Usher Washes His Hands](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_trail_of_the_serpent_se/chapters/iii-the-usher-washes-his-hands)

The schoolmaster who trusts Jabez and asks him to break the news of the boy's death to Allecompain Major.

### [I: Blind Peter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_trail_of_the_serpent_se/chapters/i-blind-peter)

His school breaks up for the midsummer holidays; he hosts a ball on the evening of June 17th.

### [The Usher Resigns His Situation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_trail_of_the_serpent_se/chapters/vii-the-usher-resigns-his-situation)

Returns home to Slopperton and discovers the disappearance of Jabez North and the theft of his chequebook.

### [Book III: Holy Institution](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_trail_of_the_serpent_se/chapters/book-iii-holy-institution)

The physician overseeing the asylum, representing the medical authority that has declared Richard insane.

### [One Step Further on the Right Track](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_trail_of_the_serpent_se/chapters/viii-one-step-further-on-the-right-track)

Dr. Tappenden arrives to identify the impostor and reveals he can prove a circumstance linking the man to Montague Harding's murder.

### [I: Father and Son](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_trail_of_the_serpent_se/chapters/i-father-and-son)

The doctor from Slopperton who accompanies the police to identify and arrest Raymond as Jabez North.

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