Death Cloud
Main Character: Matty Arnatt
Matty Analysis
Matty Arnatt ran away from his parents when he was just a little boy. He lived in the canals in London on his boat pulled by his horse. Because he had no parents, he would sit in the markets behind a barrel and steal food whenever it dropped. His best friend was Sherlock Holmes. They went on a mystery together after Matty saw a dark cloud coming out of a window. Matty hated to be dressed up nice like Londoners. He preferred to be in ratty tatty clothes with his hair uncombed. Matty is about 14 to 16 years old.
Matty's best friends
Sherlock Holmes, Virginia, Mr Crowe
Vacation Item - barge
"A long black shape lay on the silver river, moving back-and-forth as the water undulated. It looks strangely like a long, low hut that had been built on the top of the narrow keel. The only gap was at the rear end, where the hut stopped and there was a platform with the room for two people to stand on one of them holding the tiller."
Vacation Item - horse, Albert
"A rope attached to the front of the boat dipped towards the surface of the water, then rose again to where a horse contentedly ate its way along the grassy banks. Unlike Virginia Crowe's magnificent black stallion, this appeared to be a heavy, thick legged creature with a shaggy main. It glanced once incuriously, at Sherlock, then went back to eating."
"I've got a narrowboat, but I ain't got a family. It's just me. Me and Albert."
Vacation Item - boathook
Matty stood behind Clem. He was holding a boat hook raised in both hands. For a moment Sherlock couldn't quite work out what had happened, and then, as Clem turned fully towards Matty, Sherlock could see a deep and bloody gash running down the back of his head from the crown to his thick, bullish neck. This skin was split open, and Sherlock could see white bone beneath the blood. Matty had hit him squarley on the back of the head with the boathook.