Sergeant Clark

In the novel The Hollow, Sergeant Clark is a policeman assisting Inspector Grange in the investigation of the death of Dr John Christow at The Hollow. A good-looking young man with a way with women, Grange put him to work talking to the servants, applying "the friendly touch". Clark managed to get a statement from the Doris Emmott, the kitchenmaid, that on Sunday (the day of the murder), she had seen Gudgeon in the hall holding a revolver.