Basil West

In the Parker Pyne short story Death on the Nile, Basil West is the young secretary of Sir George Grayle. He is travelling with his employer and his wife Lady Ariadne on a Nile cruise. Strangely, although most people received the sharp end of Lady Ariadne's bad temper, this never happened to Basil. She seemed to like him and he got on well with everyone.