Cast of Characters
- Nero Wolfe — The private investigator
- Archie Goodwin — Wolfe's assistant (and the narrator of all Wolfe stories)
- Matthew Blount — Wealthy businessman, in jail on a charge of murder
- Sally Blount — Daughter of Matthew Blount, and Wolfe's client
- Anna Blount — Wife of Matthew Blount
- Dan Kalmus — Matthew Blount's lawyer, messenger at chess contest
- Charles Yerkes — Banker, business acquaintance of Blount, messenger at chess contest
- Morton Farrow — Sales manager at Blount's company, Anna Blount's nephew, messenger at chess contest
- Ernst Hausman — Retired broker, Sally Blount's godfather, messenger at chess contest
- Victor Avery — The Blounts' family doctor, participant in chess contest
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