Reverend Nicholas Bedwell is Matthew Bedwell's brother. He lives and works as a reverend in Oxford. Sally contacts him when she finds out that his brother is being held by Mrs. Holland. With Frederick's help, Nicholas frees his brother and begins trying to get him off the drugs. Nicholas is a kind and enthusiastic man who seems anxious to help Sally with her mystery as well as to help his own brother. He hates drugs, particularly opium, and sometimes wishes he could give up being a reverend in order to dedicate his life to fighting them.
