# Bunter — Whose Body? character guide

> Bunter in Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mr. Bunter, Mervyn Bunter

**First appearance:** 0002-i

## Snapshot

Lord Peter's valet, a man whose choice of words is unerring and whose camera, patience, and discretion make him indispensable to his employer's less respectable pursuits.

## Who they are

Bunter is the perfect servant of fiction made real: he attends auctions for Caxton folios, photographs crime scenes with arc-lamps and improvised backdrops, and extracts household gossip from cooks and butlers without ever seeming to ask. His loyalty to Wimsey is absolute, but so is his quiet professional pride, and he sacrifices his employer's reputation cheerfully when a good cause requires it. In a story full of gentlemen amateurs, Bunter is the one who actually gets things done.

## Relationships

### [Lord Peter Wimsey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/whose_body_se/characters/lord_peter_wimsey)

_professional_

Bunter is Lord Peter's loyal and resourceful valet, serving him with dedication and discretion.

### [Mr. Cummings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/whose_body_se/characters/mr_cummings)

_professional_

Bunter interacts with Mr. Cummings, likely a fellow servant or tradesman, in the course of his duties.

### [Mr. Parker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/whose_body_se/characters/mr_parker)

_friendship_

Bunter and Parker share a cordial, cooperative relationship, often working together to assist Lord Peter.

### [Sir Julian Freke](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/whose_body_se/characters/sir_julian_freke)

_professional_

Bunter interacts with Sir Julian Freke in the course of gathering information for Lord Peter.

### [Lord Peter Wimsey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/whose_body_se/characters/lord_peter_wimsey)

_professional_

Bunter is Lord Peter's loyal and resourceful valet, serving him with dedication and discretion.

### [Sir Julian Freke](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/whose_body_se/characters/sir_julian_freke)

_professional_

Bunter interacts with Sir Julian Freke in the course of gathering information for Lord Peter.

### [Lord Peter Wimsey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/whose_body_se/characters/lord_peter_wimsey)

_professional_

Bunter is Lord Peter's loyal and resourceful valet, serving him with dedication and discretion.

### [Mr. Parker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/whose_body_se/characters/mr_parker)

_friendship_

Bunter and Parker share a cordial, cooperative relationship, often working together to assist Lord Peter.

### [Mr. Parker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/whose_body_se/characters/mr_parker)

_friendship_

Bunter and Parker share a cordial, cooperative relationship, often working together to assist Lord Peter.

### [Mr. Cummings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/whose_body_se/characters/mr_cummings)

_professional_

Bunter interacts with Mr. Cummings, likely a fellow servant or tradesman, in the course of his duties.

## In the story

### [Whose Body?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/whose_body_se/chapters/whose-body)

Lord Peter's loyal and observant valet.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/whose_body_se/chapters/ii)

Assists with the book purchase, discusses a new lens for his camera, and serves brandy and coffee during the conversation.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/whose_body_se/chapters/iv)

Develops photographic plates of fingerprints, and later visits Sir Reuben Levy's house to collect fingerprint evidence from various objects.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/whose_body_se/chapters/v)

Serves breakfast, provides newspapers, and later takes a phone call from Parker regarding a trip to Salisbury.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/whose_body_se/chapters/viii)

Aroused in the small hours to calm Lord Peter during a war-induced panic attack.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/whose_body_se/chapters/ix)

Sent to cultivate Cummings, Sir Julian Freke's servant, and reports back on Freke's late-night activities, including a visitor and a bath at 3 a.m.

### [The Net Closes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/whose_body_se/chapters/x)

Mentioned as the intimidating manservant in Wimsey's household, observed by Piggott.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/whose_body_se/chapters/xiii)

Summoned by Lord Peter at the end of the chapter to bring Napoleon brandy.

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