Talk:Curaré
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- M. Zenith, the albino, the Prince of Crime, Le Phantom Blanc, King of the Night,
- French Tony's, an underground dance hall
- Vespa della Vulpa - an Italian dancer, kidnapped by Marie LeVeaux
- Dr Hoxton Ryman, aka 'Professor Alec Butterworth'; ML injected him with the CL14 curaré
- Molly Dent - posed as 'Miss Appleby', PAB's niece; had cancer;
- Mr Seaton Begg - is a qualified MD tho he doesn't practise; ML injected him with the CL14 curaré
- Mlle. Yvette Bouvier - a French detective; associate of SB; ML injected her with the CL14 curaré
- Yarn Abbey - in Kent; residence of 'PB' & MD
- Winker Watson - SB's assistant; ML injected him with the CL14 curaré
- Stone, a bloodhound
- The Index - catalogue of all SB's cases, solved & unsolved (m)
- (M. Bouvier - YB's father, a deputy in the French government) (m)
- Silver Spectre - SB's Rolls (m)
- 'Smith's' - a thieves' kitchen in Soho (m)
- Detective Inspector Coutts - a Scotland Yard CID detective
- Peter Hess (m) - a well-known master-forger, found dead at FT's, his corpse later 'disappeared' from the police morgue
- Alphonse LeGris (m) - French doctor specialising in plastic surgery, known as 'The Improver', struck off for altering the appearance of JV, found dead at FT's, his corpse later 'disappeared' from the police morgue
- Jacques Villeneuve (m) - a famous embezzler
- Mrs Hardnutt - SB's housekeeper
- Minnie Jones - SB's receptionist; also YB's assistant
- Some Recently Added Elements to Caribbean Quasi-religious Cults, Notably Haytian Voodoo - a book
- Marie Leveaux - a Creole, the infamous 'Voodoo Queen' of Hayti, the "finest hypnotist alive" according to SB (m) (also 'LeVeaux', 'Levaux', 'LeVaux'(typos?)) - based on 'Marie Galante' from the SB stories.
- Mussolini (m)
- Jarvis - funeral director, of Jarvis Sons & Jarvis of Mayfair, in Burlington Row; was singled out as a 'Chosen One' by BS
- Iain St Claire, 7th Earl of Morn (m) - faked death as part of an insurance fraud, his 'corpse' disappeared from JS&J's funeral parlour; finally killed in a car crash with co-conspirators
- Hon. Arthur Price (m) - an MP, youngest son of Viscount Broadmore; faked death as part of an insurance fraud deceased, his 'corpse' disappeared from JS&J's funeral parlour; finally killed in a car crash with co-conspirators
- Sir George Ogg (m) - a retired JP, faked death as part of an insurance fraud, his 'corpse' disappeared from JS&J's funeral parlour; Jarvis called him 'Sir Gordon' (a typo?) - finally killed in a car crash with co-conspirators
- Doctor Burrowes (m) - certified the (faked) 'deaths' of ISC, AP & SGO
- Doctor Benway (m) - certified the faked) 'deaths' of ISC, AP & SGO
- Mr Archibald - nightwatchman at JS&J (m)
- Saint James, Piccadilly - a church (m)
- Prentice - accompanied Jarvis to Cuba (m)
- Baron Samedi (m)/(a)
- Oyami - MZ's Japanese valet
- Gentleman Jordan - a petty crook, sometimes employed by MZ, a zombi
- Mississippi Jim - a petty crook, a zombi
- Place de la Republique
- Hotel Bristol - a hotel in Paris, favoured by MZ
- Albemarle Square - home of AP
- Turpin, AP's manservant, a ruddy-faced man with black hair; YB called him 'Mr Turner' (a typo?)
- Lucky Collins - a bookmaker (m)
- Viscount Broadmore/Lord Broadmore (m)
- Hayling Castle - LB's estate in Surrey (m)
- Callshott Manor - home of EoM & LM
- Lady Ogg - SGO's widow, not yet 30
- Fulbright Mine - a bad investment venture of SGO & LO's; it was discovered the mine was 'dry' before shares were issued (m)
- Fulbright - owner of the FM; in goal in Brazil (m)
- Nutbrown - the EoM's butler
- Lady Morn - the EoM's widow, at least 70
- Yarnwell - a market town somewhere near the border of Surrey and Kent; 12 miles from London
- The Cross Keys - a coaching inn in Yarnwell
- Yarnton Park - a race track near Yarnwell, the Duke of Coln's Cup was run there (m)
- Yarn Show - a flower show (m)
- Dr Jesus Blasco - a Spanish biologist
- Jardin des Plantes - aka Chateau de Verre, the Glass Castle; botanical gardens in Paris
- Le Narcisse Noir - 'The Black Narcissus', a flower that grows on the upper slopes of Pix la Selle, the highest mountain in Hayti.
- Hispaniola Luc - resident in Belleville, a Creole; he lived at Madame Boulet's boarding house
- Le Maison aux Sorciéres - a house in Montmarte,
- Baines - DHR's butler at Yarn Abbey; ML injected him with the CL14 curaré, died from the effects of the CL14 curaré (SB refers to him once as 'Beale' ( typo?))
- CL14 - A curaré, a drug synthesised from the black narcissus flower; it paralyses the organs simulating death but otherwise does no harm; an antidote CL14X reversed the effects but with the 'side-effect' of slowing down the natural ageing process
Hopefully if there's any chance of Curaré bring reprinted ever, someone will be able to give the story a thorough copy-proofing to root out the variant spellings of various names. So far I've spotted:
* Marie LeVeaux - also called variously 'Leveux', 'Levaux' and 'LeVaux' in the text; by the end of the novella Mike seems to have settled on 'LeVeaux' * Sir George Ogg - Jarvis the undertaker calls him 'Gordon' but both Yvette and Lady Ogg refer to him as 'George' * Turpin - AP's manservant but Yvette called him 'Mr Turner' (maybe Yvette's just rubbish with names?) * Baines - Seaton Begg refers to a 'Beale' after being rescued, which given the context makes me think he means Hoxton Ryman's butler.
