Captain Wyatt

In the novel The Sittaford Mystery, Captain Wyatt  is the resident of cottage No. 2 at Sittaford. An invalid, he lives alone with his servant Abdul.

The other neighbors did not like him nor associate with him. They consider him a surly man who did not like visitors. He was known, among other things, for his "tropical temper,  his  rudeness, his  quarrels  with  his  neighbors", and his constant bullying of his servant.

Nonetheless, he was also known for "his occasional  amazing graciousness,  usually  to  personable  young  women." When Emily Trefusis arrived at Sittaford, for example, he tried to make conversation and to invite her into his cottage for drinks, and was disappointed that Emily always turned him down. This was mostly because, given his ill-health, he was never seriously considered a suspect in the murder of Captain Trevelyan. Related to this, Wyatt was also somewhat miffed that Inspector Narracott never bothered to question him.

Wyatt is described as "a tall  thin  man with  a  very  brown  complexion,  bloodshot  eyes  and  gray  hair ... propped  up  with  a  crutch  on  one  side...." To Emily, "[a]nything more  like  a  battered  wreck  of  a  man  than Captain  Wyatt  she  had  never  seen."