The innkeeper is an elderly French man and friend of Colonel Ducroix who runs the country inn “Le Soleil d’Or.” He helps Ducroix and the detectives (Gabriel Syme, the Professor, Dr. Bull, and Inspector Ratcliffe) escape the Secretary’s encroaching army by lending them horses. But later, when he learns that this army works for the police and is trying to bring the detectives to justice, he gives them horses, too, and then joins them.
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The Elderly Innkeeper Character Timeline in The Man Who Was Thursday
The timeline below shows where the character The Elderly Innkeeper appears in The Man Who Was Thursday. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 11: The Criminals Chase the Police
...following them, but growing thinner over time. When they reach their destination, Ducroix arranges for the elderly innkeeper to bring them drinks and horses, which will allow them to reach the nearest police...
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Chapter 12: The Earth in Anarchy
...of hooves behind them, and they realize that the anarchists have taken the rest of the innkeeper ’s horses. The men rush to Dr. Renard’s hilltop house. At first, Dr. Renard doesn’t...
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...go back. But the rest of the army is fast catching up on horseback—led by the innkeeper . So Syme veers the car down a steep road toward the sea—and crashes into...
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