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MURDER AT THE VICARAGE

A Miss Marple Mystery

To Rosalind

Characters

? Miss Marple: Spinster living in?St Mary Mead, next to the vicar. She isobservant and knows human behavior, recognized in her village asastute and generally correct.

? Colonel Lucius Protheroe: Wealthy man, who is the churchwarden andthe local magistrate in St Mary Mead who lives in Old Hall. He hasgrown deaf, and shouts a lot as a result. He is murdered.

? Anne Protheroe: Second wife of Colonel Protheroe, young and attract-ive.

? Lettice Protheroe: Colonel Protheroe's teenage daughter from his firstmarriage.

? Leonard Clement: The Vicar of St Mary Mead and narrator of the story,in his early 40s.

? Griselda Clement: Young wife of the Vicar, 25 years old and a happyperson.

? Dennis Clement: Teenage nephew of the Vicar, part of his household.

? Mary Adams: Housemaid and cook for the Vicar. She dates (“walks outwith”) Bill Archer.

? Mr Hawes: Curate to Vicar Clement, newly arrived in the parish. He hadsuffered acute?Encephalitis lethargica?prior to coming to St MaryMead.[5]

? Mrs Martha Price-Ridley: Widow and gossip who lives next to the Vicar-age, at the end of the road.

? Miss Amanda Hartnell: Spinster in St Mary Mead.

? Miss Caroline Wetherby: Spinster in St Mary Mead who lives next toMiss Hartnell.

? Dr Haydock: Doctor for St Mary Mead village.

? Lawrence Redding: A painter who fought in the Great War. He uses abuilding on the Vicarage property as his studio.

? Mrs Estelle Lestrange: Elegant woman who recently came to the village,keeping to herself.

? Raymond West: Miss Marple's nephew, a writer who usually lives inLondon.

? Rose and Gladdie: Parlour maid and kitchen maid at Old Hall, ColonelProtheroe’s house. Gladdie shared with Redding what she overheardwhen Mrs Lestrange visited Old Hall.

? Bill Archer: Local man who has been jailed on and off for poaching byProtheroe in his role as magistrate.

? Inspector Slack: The local police detective, who is active despite hisname, and often abrasive.

? Colonel Melchett: Chief Constable for the county.

? Dr Stone: An archaeologist who digs on Colonel Protheroe's land.

? Gladys Cram: Secretary to the archaeologist Stone, in her early twen-ties.

 

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