Miss Cordell

In the novel At Bertram's Hotel, Miss Cordell is the secretary  of Richard Egerton, a solicitor working for the firm of  Egerton, Forbes and Wilborough in Bloomsbury.

After Elvira Blake came to see him to ask questions about her inheritance, Richard Egerton was concerned and asked Miss Cordell to try to get in touch with Derek Luscombe as he wanted to confer with him. Both Egerton and Luscombe were Elvira's guardians and trustees.