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For Phyllis and John

The Characters in the Tale

Chief Detective-Inspector Roderick Alleyn, CID
Miss Van Maes	The success of the ship
Agatha Troy, RA	Of Tatler’s End House, Bossicote, Bucks. Painter
Katti Bostock	Well-known painter of plumbers and Negro musicians
Nigel Bathgate	Journalist
Lady Alleyn	Of Danes Lodge, Bossicote, Bucks; mother of Chief Detective-Inspector Alleyn
Cedric Malmsley	A student with a beard
Garcia	A sculptor
Sonia Gluck	A model
Francis Ormerin	A student from Paris
Phillida Lee	A student from the Slade
Watt Hatchett	A student from Australia
The Hon. Basil Pilgrim	A student from the nobility
Valmai Seacliff	A student with sex-appeal
Superintendent Blackman	Of the Buckingham Constabulary
Detective-Inspector Fox, CID
Detective-Sergeant Bailey, CID	A fingerprint expert
Detective-Sergeant Thompson, CID	A photographic expert
Dr Ampthill	Police surgeon at Bossicote, Bucks.
PC Sligo	Of Bossicote Police Force
A charlady
Bobbie O’Dawne	A lady of the Ensemble
An estate agent
Ted McCully	Foreman at a car depot
Dr Curtis	Police surgeon, CID
Captain Pascoe	Of Boxover
His servant