Beatrice Kane Character Cheat Sheet

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering character profiles, backstory details, and key entities from the Beatrice Kane Pocket Cheat Sheet.

Beatrice Kane

A sharp, funny, and formidable woman carrying quiet grief underneath, known for pointing with her cane and keeping clippings on the Kane family.

Alex (Lexie)

The host and CEO who is Beatrice Kane's goddaughter and the only person Beatrice calls by the nickname Lexie.

Wesley Kane

A cousin, musician, and consultant who claims to be 'basically family' and whose branch sold out in 1974.

Soren Blake

The event planner who is more afraid of Beatrice Kane than anyone else.

Victoria (Vicky) Kane-Marsh

Richard's former wife, referred to by the childhood nickname Vicky.

Gordon (Gordie) Whitfield

The president and co-owner of Kane Oil who worked alongside Richard for thirty years.

Harold Bennett

The Kane family estate attorney of thirty years, whom Beatrice addresses by the childhood nickname Hal.

Edgar Voss

A retired butler and driver who knows the Kane estate best.

Constance Velez

The CEO of Velez Energy, recognized as Kane Oil's biggest competitor.

Vivienne Sharpe

A society columnist who will print anything that is spoken to her.

Eisenhower

A creature with a fascinating temperament that pecked Beatrice in the morning and is used by her as a subject to deflect questions.

Earl

A man from Beatrice's past who used to check the teeth of anyone who asked pointed questions.

Richard's Letter

A piece of correspondence mailed two weeks before Richard died, which Beatrice kept unopened for fourteen years before giving it to Lexie.

Richard's Final-Year Scrapbook

A family archive borrowed by Alex last month that was never brought back to Beatrice.

1951

The year since which Beatrice Kane has collected and kept every newspaper clipping regarding Kane weddings, lawsuits, and obituaries.

Richard mailed me a letter two weeks before he died (14 years ago)

to frightened to open it.

I gave it to Lexie last month

What do you say if someone earned the truth?

Ask me again after I've been seated properly.

Deflection (seats)

My Earl used to check the teeth of anyone who asked pointed questions

Deflection (Earl)

Deflection

Abraham (kind, and genral), Barack (new and all black all over)

Other chicken names

I've written and recived ten thousand letters by hand, dear. You'll have to be more specific.

Deflection (letters)

"The partners aren't who I thought they were."

You thought he meant business ethics.

What did Richad say to you last Thanksgiving and what did I think it meant?

In my day, we sold a share of the family well for a handshake and a pickup truck. The truck was fine. It was the handshake that never lasted…

One liner about family share

1. Richard taught Alex chess at this very estate: "Control the center of the board and you control everything."

2. Wesley Kane is not "basically family." His branch sold out in 1974, same as yours, and at least you have the manners not to pretend otherwise.

3. Alex visited you every month this year, and the visits got longer and quieter. Something was weighing on her.

3 things I should say at the toast (chess, Weasly, visits)

“Control the center of the board and you control everything. I taught Richard, Richard taught Alex, and now I'm teaching you”

Chess quote I taught