Malcolm Quarrie

Malcolm Quarrie was one of the men who both Delia Morrison and Vincent Tuck referred to as spending a great deal of time with Alexander Roby in 1925. His other associates being Lawrence Bacon, Edwards and Coombes.

Referred to by Alexander Roby during his monologue to Dr Bartlett, the following is stated:

- Roby does not know where Quarrie is.

- He may be attempting to 'bring' the King in Yellow.

- It appears Quarrie disagreed with Roby and Edwards on one or more issues.

- Quarrie believes that the King in Yellow has called himself the White Acolyte.

Roby also asks Bartlett to pass on a stanza of poetry to Quarrie as a warning or piece of advice:

The stars that burn their charcoal death,

Shrink back, they feel the hoary breath,

Of he who ransoms great Carcosa.

He flees where queen and prophet met,

Where twin suns fall but never set,

Escapes the tomb of lost Carcosa.

According to Vincent Tuck who saw him in 1925, Quarrie was about 35, upper middle class with black hair and a slim build. A scientist, he worked at the Royal Society in Piccadilly and lived alone at 12 Moreton Street in Westminster.

Malcolm's wife, Hillary Quarrie, apparently lives at Nug's Farm in the West Country. According to the letters found at Quarrie's former address he was estranged from Hillary.

Wilfred Gresty's letters connected Hillary to a man called Atkinson, and Gresty's ambitions.

Aleister Crowley believed that Quarrie had gone to Italy in search of The Brothers of the Yellow Sign.