Unnamed young man (Jane in Search of a job)

The young unnamed man, who appears in the short story Jane in Search of a Job, is son of a 'boot-king' in Northamton. While his father wanted him to go into the business, he wanted to become an artist but didn't have much succes with it, so he considered taking his father's offer. He attended a bazar in Orion House, which the Grand Duchess Pauline of Ostrava was suppose to open. With his background in the boot-business, he took notice of the grand duchess' lowheel shoes before she disappeared into a room with a journalist. But when the grand duchess left the room, he discovered that the woman suddenly had highheels on.

He became suspicious and decided to follow the woman. He followed her car on his motor cycle and witnessed the woman along with another being forced out of the car and into a house. Afterwards he saw another car coming with a girl in a red dress in lowheels, and then saw everyone except the woman in highheels leaving, but noticed that the woman in lowheels had changed clothes. He tried to find a way in to find the woman in highheels, but got hit in the head from behind and laid unconscious until the next morning. He was found by the woman in highheels, who introduced herself as Jane Cleveland and got him some water. After he told her his story, she told him hers--of being hired by the grand duchess to act as her decoy for a potenial kidnapping, but have been set up by a robbery gang to provide the grand duchess an alibi and leave her to take the fall. She express her gratitude for him having followed her car, as she feared that no one would believe her story, which he agreed. They were found by Detective-Inspector Farrell, who had listen to both their stories, and was convinced of Jane's innoncence. The young man hinted that he had fallen in love with Jane at the bazar.

Adaption
In the adaption of the short story Jane in Search of a Job (The Agatha Christie Hour episode), he is named Nigel Guest, a neighbour of Jane. Instead of an artist he has become a police cadet.