Mr. Brooker is a former employee of Ralph’s. Brooker has recently returned to London, where he is impoverished and begs for money on the street. Ralph and Brooker have a checkered history together, and Ralph once sent Brooker to prison. Brooker ultimately teams up with Newman to find out that Smike is Ralph’s son. Brooker reveals that information to Ralph, which leads Ralph to die by suicide. As a character, Brooker shows the ramifications of Ralph’s poor treatment of his associates, as it causes Brooker to feel no loyalty toward Ralph and makes Brooker willing to actively work against his previous employer.