Amelia Curtis

In the novel The Sittaford Mystery, Mrs Amelia Curtis lives with her husband in Sittaford at Cottage No. 5. Mr Curtis was the former gardener of Sittaford House and Captain Trevelyan let Mr Curtis live in the cottage and also gave permission for Mrs Curtis to let out some rooms to visitors.

Mrs Curtis hosted Emily Trefusis and Charles Enderby when they came to Sittaford. Mrs Curtis is described as Mrs "a small, thin, gray  haired  woman, energetic and shrewish in disposition." She was apparently "all agog with the news of the murder (of Trevelyan)" when Emily arrived and so proved to be a valuable resource person, eagerly giving Emily background information and gossip about all her neighbours and other people in Sittaford.

Mrs Curtis was very impressed by Emily Trefusis. She likened Emily to her "Great Aunt Sarah's Belinda". Amelia Curtis considered Emily "a deep one", "got a way with her and with men" and so she would succeed in whatever she wanted to do.