Hertz is a Ten Man introduced in The Prisoner's Dilemma. He was doing a crossword puzzle and escorted the Mysterious Benedict Society to Mr. Curtain in Third Island Prison.
Appearance[]
Hertz is described as being a slight, swarthy man with a perfect smile in a dapper seersucker suit. Hertz is the Ten Man that Kate had injured during the raid on Mr. Benedict's home. He was hit in the head with her flashlight. Soon after, he fought a battle with Ms. Plugg and almost lost, eventually gaining the upper hand by putting his handkerchief over her nose.
Biography[]
He was first named when he escorted the Society to Mr. Curtain's office, where he hit Kate in the head with a weighted pen. Kate described it as being like "getting hit in the head with a lead pipe."
McCracken described Hertz as afraid to touch the Whisperer, and Mr. Curtain replied that he had been chosen to help move the invention for this particular reason because Hertz wouldn't "unnecessarily paw it."
Hertz was dispatched along with rest of the Ten Men (not including Crawlings) to go to the gate of Third Island Prison, and intercept Mr. Rubicund. During the battle, he fought Rhonda Kazembe (black van) and Number Two (ersatz ambulance). He used his tie to grasp at doorhandles but was repeatedly thwarted. His briefcase was said to have fallen open on the ground, but the two young women were not letting him get at it. The most he could do was to kick it out of harm's way. Eventually, the Ten Man was overpowered as he chased the ambulance containing Number Two. She stopped abruptly and he charged into it, knocking himself unconscious. He was presumably taken into custody along with McCracken, Sharpe, Garrotte, Crawlings, and two other Ten Men.