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Originally Posted by Bookpossum
You have been reading too many Agatha Christies, gmw!
Grewgious is the person who will make sure of Jasper’s downfall. He is like Mr Micawber in David Copperfield sorting out Uriah Heep.
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You are quite right, of course. Grewgious is exactly the sort of character Dickens would create for this purpose, just as Rosebud is someone we're all supposed to fawn over (rather than throw up on - whoops, sorry).
But just imagine "what if" Dickens found his way to "the least suspicious character is the guilty one"? He had the talent for it, I'm just not sure if he had the audience to appreciate it and he did pander to his audience.
Edit: Rosebud definitely improves further into the story, though I'm not convinced the improvement is a permanent one.