Four-and-twenty Blackbirds
Characters in Four-and-twenty Blackbirds
11 characters, main characters first.Supporting characters
Hercule Poirot
Drawn to the case not by evidence of crime but by a fastidious dislike of a detail that does not fit a man's lifelong habits.
Also in The Chocolate Box, The Kidnapped Prime Minister: a Hercule Poirot Short Story #2, The Lemesurier Inheritance, The Affair at the Victory Ball, The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim, The Plymouth Express: a Hercule Poirot Short Story, The Adventure of the Cheap Flat: a Hercule Poirot Short Story, The Submarine Plans: a Hercule Poirot Short Story, The Adventure of the Clapham Cook: a Hercule Poirot Short Story, The Cornish Mystery: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
Henry Bonnington
A genial creature of routine himself, whose musings on the fixed habits of regular diners first draw Poirot's attention to the old man.
Henry Gascoigne
A poor, solitary artist of rigid habits whose single uncharacteristic meal becomes the thread Poirot pulls.
Anthony Gascoigne
His own circumstances and timing of death prove material to understanding the situation Poirot uncovers.
George
Provides Poirot with an offhand domestic observation that helps frame the question of habit and behaviour.
Molly
Her recollection of what the old regular ate on his final visit supplies the detail that troubles Poirot.
Old Father Time
Dr. MacAndrew
Dr. George Lorimer
The coroner (Death in the Clouds)
Amelia Hill