Character Analysis
Rigby is Bradley Pearson's upstairs neighbor—a young man Bradley describes as "a shadowy youth" (1.18.131). Rigby is gay, and although he doesn't appear often in The Black Prince, he does play one particularly instrumental role.
After Bradley flees to his northern seaside cottage with Julian Baffin, Francis Marloe is supposed to be looking after Priscilla Saxe in Bradley's apartment. On the night that Priscilla kills herself, Francis isn't around—instead, he's upstairs having drinks with—and being seduced by—Rigby.
Talk about being an instrument of fate.