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* DisposingOfABody: In the last chapters of ''The Haunted Hotel'', it's finally revealed that the victim's body was [[spoiler:dissolved in a vat of acid. All except the head, which for some reason the murderers left until last, and had to dispose of by other means.]]
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* TwinTest: In ''Poor Miss Finch'', the title character (who's blind) is challenged to tell the difference between her fiance Oscar and his twin brother Nugent. She finds she can do it by holding their hands:
-->"When Oscar takes it, a delicious tingle runs from his hand into mine, and steals all over me. I can't describe it any better than that." \\
"I understand. And when Nugent takes your hand, what do you feel?" \\
"Nothing!"
-->"When Oscar takes it, a delicious tingle runs from his hand into mine, and steals all over me. I can't describe it any better than that." \\
"I understand. And when Nugent takes your hand, what do you feel?" \\
"Nothing!"
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* TwinTest: In ''Poor Miss Finch'', the title character Lucilla Finch (who's blind) is challenged to tell the difference between her fiance Oscar and his twin brother Nugent.Nugent. This becomes a [[ChekhovsGun crucial plot point]] later in the story when Nugent tries to marry Lucilla under the guise that he's actually Oscar. She finds she can do it by holding their hands:
-->"When -->'''Lucilla:''' "When Oscar takes it, a delicious tingle runs from his hand into mine, and steals all over me. I can't describe it any better than that." \\
'''Madame Pratolungo:''' "I understand. And when Nugent takes your hand, what do you feel?" \\
'''Lucilla:''' "Nothing!"
'''Madame Pratolungo:''' "I understand. And when Nugent takes your hand, what do you feel?" \\
'''Lucilla:''' "Nothing!"
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* AilmentInducedCruelty: In ''Armadale'', Mrs Milroy's chronic illness brought her vicious, jealous qualities to the fore.
-->Suffering can, and does, develop the latent evil that there is in humanity, as well as the latent good. The good that was in Mrs. Milroy’s nature shrank up, under that subtly deteriorating influence in which the evil grew and flourished. Month by month, as she became the weaker woman physically, she became the worse woman morally. All that was mean, cruel, and false in her expanded in steady proportion to the contraction of all that had once been generous, gentle, and true.
-->Suffering can, and does, develop the latent evil that there is in humanity, as well as the latent good. The good that was in Mrs. Milroy’s nature shrank up, under that subtly deteriorating influence in which the evil grew and flourished. Month by month, as she became the weaker woman physically, she became the worse woman morally. All that was mean, cruel, and false in her expanded in steady proportion to the contraction of all that had once been generous, gentle, and true.
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* AffluentAscetic: Andrew Treverton in ''The Dead Secret'' is quite well-off, but he doesn't have any interest in comfort or luxury, so he lives an extremely frugal life.
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* TheScrooge: Andrew Treverton in ''The Dead Secret'' is quite well-off, but he doesn't have any interest in comfort or luxury, so he lives an extremely frugal life.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: The entire plot of ''I Say "No"'' runs on people not telling Emily the truth about her father's death, only for her to find out anyway and resent them for keeping her in the dark.
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* RelationshipSabotage: In ''I Say "No"'', Francine tries to push Emily and Mirabel apart (combined with [[ShipperOnDeck trying to get Emily and Alban together]]) so she can have Mirabel for herself. Her clumsy efforts end up having the opposite effect.
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* SpoiledBrat: Francine in ''I Say "No"'' comes from a well-off family, but her selfish attitude does her no favours.
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* TakingTheVeil: At the end of ''I Say "No"'', Francine, rejected by her family, has entered a convent, though the characters discussing this are doubtful whether she'll stay there.
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* OneDegreeOfSeparation: In ''I Say "No"'', Emily keeps bumping into characters who turn out to have knowledge of her father's mysterious death. It's understandable that her aunt and her aunt's servant would, but more of a ContrivedCoincidence when it comes to the new teacher at her school, the servants at the house where she happens to get a job as a secretary, or the preacher whom her best friend happens to meet while on holiday in Switzerland.
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* OneDegreeOfSeparation: In ''I Say "No"'', Emily keeps bumping into characters who turn out to have knowledge of her father's mysterious death. It's understandable that her aunt and her aunt's servant would, but more of a ContrivedCoincidence when it comes to the new teacher at her school, the servants at the house where she happens to get a job as a secretary, or the preacher whom her best friend happens to meet coincidentally meets while on holiday in Switzerland.
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* OneDegreeOfSeparation: In ''I Say "No"'', Emily keeps bumping into characters who turn out to have knowledge of her father's mysterious death. It's understandable that her aunt and her aunt's servant would, but more of a ContrivedCoincidence when it comes to the new teacher at her school, the servants at the house where she happens to get a job as a secretary, or the preacher whom her best friend happens to meet while on holiday in Switzerland.
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* BigEater: Cecilia Wyvil in ''I Say "No"'' is in her late teens, and still retains a schoolgirl's appetite.
* ClassPrincess: Emily Brown, the protagonist of ''I Say "No"'', is introduced as the 'queen' of her dormitory at school, and is a genuinely charming, likeable girl.
* DreadfulMusician: Mr Wyvil in ''I Say "No"'' has played the violin as a hobby for twenty years, despite his complete lack of talent at it.
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* FaintInShock: In ''I Say "No"'', Mr Mirabel faints when Emily asks him to help her find her father's murderer. What she doesn't know (but the reader does) is that he's a suspiciously close match to the description of the prime suspect in the case.
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* FaintInShock: In ''I Say "No"'', Mr Mirabel faints when Emily asks him to help her find her father's murderer. What she doesn't know (but the reader does) is that he's a suspiciously remarkably close match to the description of the prime suspect in the case.
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* MidnightSnack: ''I Say "No"'' opens with a group of schoolgirls having a midnight feast in their dormitory.
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* BeardnessProtectionProgram: In ''I Say "No"'', the chief suspect for Mr Brown's murder is a short, clean-shaven man, with short blond hair. Doctor Allday realises the Reverend Mr Mirabel matches the description, except for his long hair and beard, and suspects this trope is in play.
* FaintInShock: In ''I Say "No"'', Mr Mirabel faints when Emily asks him to help her find her father's murderer. What she doesn't know (but the reader does) is that he's a suspiciously close match to the description of the prime suspect in the case.
* ThisIsReality: In ''I Say "No"'', Emily, intent on investigating her father's murder, tries to learn detection by reading every true crime account and detective story she can get hold of. She concludes that if she, an untrained young woman, tried to behave like a professional detective, she'd quickly end up dead or [[FateWorseThanDeath worse]].
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* VoodooDoll: Francine de Sor in ''I Say No'' uses one to try to frighten a confession out of a servant.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: In ''Basil'', Margaret's father's confidential clerk just happens to be someone with a sizeable grudge against Basil's family.
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** In ''Basil'', Margaret's father's confidential clerk just happens to be someone with a sizeable grudge against Basil'sfamily.family.
** In ''Poor Miss Finch'', it's remarkable how Mme Pratolungo keeps getting called away to deal with her troublesome father just when it would be really helpful to have her around.
** In ''Basil'', Margaret's father's confidential clerk just happens to be someone with a sizeable grudge against Basil's
** In ''Poor Miss Finch'', it's remarkable how Mme Pratolungo keeps getting called away to deal with her troublesome father just when it would be really helpful to have her around.
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* MassiveNumberedSiblings: The title character of ''Poor Miss Finch'' has 14 half-siblings, and the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue reveals that the family kept getting bigger after that.
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* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: ''Poor Miss Finch'' ends with one, set twelve years later than the main action of the book.
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* TapOnTheHead: The aversion is a major plot point in ''Poor Miss Finch'' -- Oscar is left with serious long-term consequences after being knocked out by a gang of burglars.
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* TwinSwitch: In ''Poor Miss Finch''. Miss Finch is engaged to Oscar, but his twin brother Nugent poses as Oscar in the hope of marrying her himself.
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* ThirdPersonPerson: Selina "Jicks" Finch in ''Poor Miss Finch'' -- being only three years old, she hasn't yet got the hang of pronouns.
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* TwinTest: In ''Poor Miss Finch'', the title character (who's blind) is challenged to tell the difference between her fiance Oscar and his twin brother Nugent. She finds she can do it by holding their hands:
-->"When Oscar takes it, a delicious tingle runs from his hand into mine, and steals all over me. I can't describe it any better than that." \\
"I understand. And when Nugent takes your hand, what do you feel?" \\
"Nothing!"
-->"When Oscar takes it, a delicious tingle runs from his hand into mine, and steals all over me. I can't describe it any better than that." \\
"I understand. And when Nugent takes your hand, what do you feel?" \\
"Nothing!"
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* IdentificationByDentalRecords: In ''The Haunted Hotel'', the identity of the skull found in the hotel is finally confirmed by identification of the dental plate in its mouth.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: A sailor describes the heroine of ''No Name'' as having "a clean run [[BuxomIsBetter fore]] and [[MaleGaze and aft]]".
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* PrivateDetective: Old Sharon in ''My Lady's Money'', a former lawyer who was struck off (we [[NoodleIncident never learn the exact reason]]) and now makes his living finding things (and people) that have disappeared.
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* HotDrinkCure: In ''The Haunted Hotel'', Lord Montbarry, suffering from a cold, sends out his courier for lemons to make hot lemonade... and unwittingly sets off a chain of events that lead to both men's deaths.
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* AdaptationDeviation: At the end of the BBC Radio adaptation of ''The Haunted Hotel'', the roles of Agnes and Henry are reversed; she is the one who hears the Countess's final confession, and he is left baffled, rather than ''vice versa''.
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* CompositeCharacter: In the BBC Radio ''The Haunted Hotel'', Stephen and Francis Westwick are combined into a single character.
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* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: In the BBC Radio ''The Haunted Hotel'', Countess Narona takes her own life at the end rather than dying of a stroke.
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* GoldDigger: Margaret in ''Basil'', encouraged by her father, is only interested in the money and rank that she can gain from her marriage to Basil. Not that Basil suspects this until it's far too late.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: In ''Basil'', Margaret's father's confidential clerk just happens to be someone with a sizeable grudge against Basil's family.
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* JailBaitWait: The protagonist of ''Basil'' marries his crush Margaret, on the condition that they live apart until she turns eighteen.
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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: At the start of ''Basil'', Basil's older brother Ralph has spent his whole life being irresponsible, while their sister Clara is a paragon of virtue.
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* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: In ''The Haunted Hotel'', the first thing anyone notices about Countess Narona is her complexion, which is of 'corpse-like pallor'.
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