The ambiguity of Helena’s gender serves as a perfect introduction to her being Dick Datchery, which is a consequence of her being an abused orphan. All the times she escaped her abuser and disguised herself by wearing trousers and cutting her hear, served as preparation to her becoming Dick Datchery.
Dickens presented Datchery as a strange man who appeared in Cloisterham several months after Edwin died. The man seems particularly interested in the story of the murder and talks to different people in the town about it. Henry Jackson dismisses the theory that Datchery is some ordinary detective hired by Grewgious ‘for; (I) whereas the ordinary detective would naturally seek to lose himself in the crowd, Datchery is unusual, eccentric, conspicuous;
Dickens presented Datchery as a strange man who appeared in Cloisterham several months after Edwin died. The man seems particularly interested in the story of the murder and talks to different people in the town about it. Henry Jackson dismisses the theory that Datchery is some ordinary detective hired by Grewgious ‘for; (I) whereas the ordinary detective would naturally seek to lose himself in the crowd, Datchery is unusual, eccentric, conspicuous;