Dolly Longestaffe's lawyer, who was heartily despised by the family lawyers, Slow and Bideawhile, and greatly feared by Dolly's father.

"He was a mean-looking little man, not yet above forty, who always wore a stiff light-coloured cotton cravat, an old dress coat, a coloured dingy waistcoat, and light trousers of some hue different from his waistcoat. He generally had on dirty shoes and gaiters. He was light-haired, with light whiskers, with putty-formed features, a squat nose, a large mouth, and very bright blue eyes" - The Way We Live