In "When Rogues Fall Out" (1932) Mr. Toke describes the Jewish cabinetmaker Levy as "A most excellent workman and a thoroughly honest man," high praise from Freeman's pen. The counsel for Dolby the burglar, "a good-looking Jew named Lyon" executes a particularly brilliant defence of his client which Thorndyke admires. In "Felo de Se; or Death at the Inn" (1937) the croupier is described as: "a pleasant faced Jew, calm, impassive and courteous, though obviously very much "on the spot"". In "The Stoneware Monkey" (1938) Thorndyke is using a young Jewish man as his messenger. In "Mr Polton Explains" (1938) Polton is assisted first by the Jewish watchmaker Abraham and then by the Jewish solicitor Cohen comes to Polton's aid not once but twice, not only representing him without cost, but feeding him and loaning him money without interest or term.