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AIKEN, Bob |
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Oscar Roberts borrows his boat to rescue Timothy
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ALLISION, Patricia |
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The secretary/companion to Emily Kane, she has decided it is no part of a companion’s duty to fall in love with any member of her employer’s family though she is not impervious to Jim Kane’s charms.
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ANDY
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A Scottish mechanic at Manson’s garage who helps Jim Kane find a missing part after a car accident.
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Brotherton Manor
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Where Paul Mansell is supposed to be playing tennis.
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BRYANT, Nanny
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She is the retired nurse to Norma Kane’s family. Norma spends several nights with her upon her return to England.
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CARLTON, Inspector
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He is the local, Portlaw, detective assigned to the case.
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Clark, Miss
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She is an employee of Kane and Mansell. She hears Oscar Roberts tell Paul Mansell that it was a mistake to push a deal on to Jim Kane.
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DERMOTT, Trevor
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He is a handsome man of noble form current inspiring passion in Rosemary Kane. He is very in love with Rosemary and can’t believe she won’t leave Clement Kane.
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DICKSON, George
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Member of parliament from East Madingley. His sudden death brings Norma Kane back to England. She means to have his seat.
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EDWARDS
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He is a servant at Cliff House. Pritchard sends Edwards and Pullman to look for Silas Kane.
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FENWICK, Thomas
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A fisherman who discusses some business with Paul Mansell and sees Timothy take out the Seamew.
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HANNASYDE, Detective Superintendent
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He is the detective send by Scotland Yard to look in the murder. He is a large thickset man with a square but good-humored face.
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HARTE, Adrian Sir
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He is the second husband of Norma Kane Harte, stepfather to Jim Kane and father to Timothy Harte. He appears to be a vague sort of person.
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HARTE, Timothy
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He is the young (rising 15) half brother of Jim Kane, and acts as his father’s representative to Silas Kane’s birthday party. He is addicted to American films, particularly gangster/police films, often using vocabulary from films.
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HEMMINGWAY, Sergeant
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He is a birdlike man with bright eyes and ready small talk. His forte is cajoling his fellow men into talking. His hobbyhorses are psychology and drama/theater.
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JENKINS, Miss
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Paul Mansell’s secretary at Kane and Mansell, who hears Oscar Roberts tell Paul Mansell that it was a mistake to push a deal on to Jim Kane.
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KANE & MANSELL
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It is a firm, which manufactures netting. The Kane family members, Silas and Clement, are the senior partners in the firm.
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KANE, Clement
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A thin man in his late thirties of considerable fortune, he is nephew to Silas Kane, husband to Rosemary Kane and a partner in the firm of Kane and Mansell. He is also the heir to Silas Kane and cousin to Jim Kane. He is very much in love with Rosemary Kane and jealous of her men friends.
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KANE, Emily nee Fricker
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The eighty plus year old, wife of John Kane and mother of Silas Kane, says what she thinks and hates the Clement Kanes.
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KANE, James
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Father of Jim Kane, cousin of Silas Kane. Killed in Gallipolis during the Great War (World War I).
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KANE, Jim.
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He is the youngest of the Kanes and is not a member of the firm of Kane and Mansell. A large fair young man with a frank smile who seems to have a predilection for Patricia Allison. He works for the Treasury. He spends his spare time in sport, driving fast cars and racing his speedboat.
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KANE, John
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He is the decease husband of Emily Kane and father of Silas Kane.
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KANE, Matthew
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He was the founder of Kane and Mansell, grandfather to Silas Kane, great-grandfather to Clement Kane and Jim Kane.
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KANE, Mrs. John Kane
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See Emily Kane.
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KANE, Norma
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Married to James Kane, who was killed in the Great War, mother to Jim Kane. She then married Adrian Harte, mother to Timothy Harte. In her thirties developed a passion for world exploration, she intends to become a member of parliament.
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KANE, Old Mrs.
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See Emily Kane.
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KANE, Rosemary
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The wife of Clement Kane, she is a sulky, discontented beauty with many moods. She and her husband have been growing apart for the last six months. She is impatient of her husband and bored with him. She believes Clement does not have enough money for her and she thinks she may be in love with Trevor Dermott.
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KANE, Silas
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Head of Kane & Mansell, a net making firm. A man totally devoted to his business. The novel begins at the 60th birthday part of Silas Kane.
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LEIGHTON, Edwin
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The husband of Maude Leighton nee Kane.
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LEIGHTON, Maude nee Kane
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The granddaughter of Mathew Kane’s third son, the last surviving member of the ‘Australian’ Kanes.
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MANSELL, Agatha
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Wife to Joseph Mansell. A woman of magnificent assurance and feels herself superior to most others because she went to college.
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MANSELL, Joseph
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He is a partner in the firm of Kane and Mansell. He wants to expand the business. He is married to Agatha and has two children, Paul Mansell and Betty Pemble.
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MANSELL, Paul
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He is the divorced son of Joseph and Agatha Mansell and a junior partner in the firm of Kane and Mansell. He is currently experiencing financial difficulties. He is thought by some to be a bit of a bounder and a “bit sharp” in his business practices.
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MASON
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Foreman, owner, of Mason’s garage where Jim Kane’s car is services. He believes Jim’s car was sabotaged.
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MAURICE, Colonel
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He is the chief constable of Portlaw and Inspector Carlton is his assistant.
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OGLE, Jane
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The maid to Emily Kane, she is jealous of her position with Mrs. Kane and spiteful about others. She particularly hates the Clement Kanes.
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PEMBLE, Betty
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A woman of thirty-five who still projects the ingenuousness of her debutante days. She is the daughter of Joseph and Agatha Mansell, married to Clive Pemble and the mother of two children with whom she is besotted. She does not have her mother’s grand assurance. She often appeals to Clive to corroborate her statements. She often tells long incoherent stories.
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PEMBLE, Clive
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He is the husband of Betty Pemble. He may be experiencing some financial difficulties.
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PEMBLE, Jennifer
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The daughter of Betty and Clive Pemble, age six.
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PEMBLE, Peter
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The son Betty and Clive Pemble, age 3.
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PRITCHARD
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He is the butler at Cliff House.
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PULLMAN
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He is a servant at Cliff House and was sent with Edwards, by Pritchard, to look for Silas Kane.
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REVILLE
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A fashion designer that Rosemary Kane hopes she will be wealthy enough to afford.
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ROBERTS, Oscar
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He is a tall, lean man with a goatee, and Englishman with an American accent. He represents and Australian firm offering the firm of Kane and Mansell a business deal, that the Mansells and Clement Kane favor.
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SARGE
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Timothy Harte’s nickname for Sergeant Hemmingway.
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TERRIBLE TIMOTHY
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Sergeant Heminway’s nickname for Timothy Harte.
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THE DASHING DERMOTT
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Sergeant Hemmingway’s nickname for Trevor Dermott.
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The Kane Family Tree:
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Mathew Kane, the founder of the family fortune had four sons. The oldest son, John Kane, married Emily Fricker and had one son, Silas. The second son had one grandson, Clement Kane. The third son immigrated to Australia and was survived there by a granddaughter, Maude Leighton, of whom the English Kanes are only vaguely aware. The fourth son had a daughter who died a spinster and a son, James. James married Norma, had a son Jim and was killed in Gallipolis.
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The MALCOM DAME
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This is a reference to Jim Kane’s previous girlfriend by Timothy Harte.
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TRENT, Mrs.
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She is the luncheon companion of Paul Mansell, who may have had her story a little too pat.
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TROTTER, Sergeant
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He is the Portlaw policeman assigned by Hannasyde to guard Jim Kane.
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WILSON, Bert |
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A garage hand from Jones Garage, who saw Paul Mansell’s Lagonda at Cliff House.
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