Characters
- Albert Gilbert
He is one of the Gilbert twins. He is described as the quick witted and resourceful of the two. He kills Westerby and commits suicide on learning that his wife has left him.
- Alfred Gilbert
He is the second twin and is killed by Westerby.
- Professor Browne-Smith
He is a professor of Lonsdale college and suffering from a life threatening brain tumour. He was a former Lieutenant and the Gilbert brothers served under him. Like Morse, he is obsessed with grammar and spelling.
- Professor Westerby
Another professor at Lonsdale who dislikes Browne-Smith as he thinks that Smith voted against him in the election for the Master's seat. He used his car to dump the first corpse into the Trupp.
- Master of Lonsdale
While never mentioned by name, he is finally revealed to be of a dubious character. He has voted against Smith and later Westerby thereby voting them out of the race for the Mastership. He is also said to be involved in inappropriate dealing about the results.
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