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Tragedy at Ravensthorpe · Character

Una Rainhill

A cool, cigarette-smoking guest at Ravensthorpe whose dry wit and easy intimacy with the Chacewaters mask a more complicated role in the night's arrangements.

supporting

Also known as Una, Miss Rainhill

First appearance: i the fairy houses

As a supporting figure in Tragedy at Ravensthorpe, Una Rainhill is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Smokes and exchanges witty remarks; volunteers to switch off the museum light for the sham robbery.
In the storyII: Mr. Polegate’s Sense of HumourOpen this moment free

Una Rainhill trades banter with Joan about aging, marriage, and Michael's doomed business prospects, but her composure marks her as someone who watches as much as she speaks. Foss's account of the fake-burglary plan names her as the one who was to extinguish the lights — a detail that turns her social ease into something the investigation cannot ignore. She moves through the winter-garden and the museum alike with the familiarity of an insider, which makes her both a useful witness and a possible architect of the evening's confusion.

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12 connections

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MPMr. PolegateMCMaurice Chacew…FPFoxy PolegateCCCecil ChacewaterSCSir Clinton Dr…URUna Rainhill

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Secondary characters and victims
  • Core suspects and investigators
  • Protagonist

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

SetupEscalationClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point

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See Una Rainhill in i the fairy houses
See Una Rainhill in II: Mr. Polegate’s Sense of Humour