E
Edith
NJ's childhood nurse: KO 7
place in NJ's life:
as nurse: KO 8-9, 21, 31, 36, 47-8, 58, 65-6, 73-4
as source of information concerning:
the kitchen triangle: KO 16, 20, 36-7, 52, 61
other Stonehurst characters:
Albert's:
visit from the police: KO 21
mood on the fateful day: KO 58
Billson's family: KO 19
Bracey's sister: KO 15
Mercy's:
religion: KO 23-4
idleness: KO 46
the Gullicks: KO 12, 46
Dr Trelawney: KO 77
frequent headaches allow time to explore the kitchen: KO 21-2
other involvement in Stonehurst life:
housemaid before NJ's birth: KO 8
gossips with:
Billson: KO 15, 19
Mrs Gullick: KO 7, 77
takes Billson back to Suffolk: KO 74
opinions on:
the ghosts: KO 8
the cake: KO 36
soldiers: KO 22-3, 29
suffragettes: KO 7
Ellis
a soldier in NJ's platoon: VB 103
as part of General Liddament's investigation into porridge: VB 103
Elystan-Edwards
a soldier in NJ's regiment: MP 182
as member of the regiment:
joined after NJ's departure: MP 182
source of pride to: MP 182, 185
awarded VC:
near end of war: MP 182, 185
reactions to by:
Kedward: MP 182
the Field-Marshal: MP 185
NJ: MP 182, 185
Emmott
a Mess waiter at Castlemallock: VB 182
described: VB 182, 212
as a soldier:
private in another company: VB 182
waiter in the Mess: VB 182, 212-4, 231-2
feebleness:
dislike of work: VB 182, 214
complains:
of persecution by Sergeant: VB 182-3
of bad back: VB 182
and officers:
general history of trouble to:
threatened with CB by Adj-QM: VB 182
in black books of Commandant: VB 225
Bithel:
major rôle in arrest of:
refusal to serve drink to: VB 212
drunken embrace by: VB 213, 215, 224
response to incident with:
sensible at time: VB 213-4
greatly cheered by: VB 231-2
Gwatkin part in:
downfall of: VB 224-5
disillusionment of: VB 225
NJ seen by as:
exemplifying misery of Castlemallock: VB 181-3
possible alter ego of Bithel: VB 214
Ena
a girl picked up in the episode of Templer's car: QU 188
described: QU 188
and the episode of Templer's car:
picked up with Pauline: QU 188-9, 193; BM 150; AW 48; KO 167; VB 125
and other characters in:
Duport:
monopolised by: QU 189-90
gives black eye to in crash: QU 190
NJ:
early example of sexual frisson in: QU 199
character regarded by as:
dull: QU 189
low: QU 192; BM 150
Querulous: QU 191
cause of:
discomfort to in seating: QU 119
hurt nose in crash: QU 190; KO 167
Stringham:
attempt by to engage in flirtation: QU 189
cause of:
discomfort to in seating: QU 119
kicked face in crash: QU 190
Templer remembered unfavourably by: AW 48
complaints about after crash: QU 190-2
desire to meet again rejected: QU 193
returned to base by bus: QU 193
Erdleigh, Mrs Myra
A medium: AW 12
episodes involving:
tea with Uncle Giles at the Ufford: AW 12-24; KO 157, 198-9; MP 66, 136; TK 248
the planchette at the Templers': AW 87-108; KO 199; MP 137-8; TK 247
with Dr Trelawney at the Bellevue: KO 187, 190-1, 198-201; MP 142
evening of the V-1 raid: MP 134-43; TK 109, 246-7, 264
evening of the "Seraglio": TK 246-51, 258-61, 264-6, 268-70; HSH 36, 125
described: AW 12, 87-8, 199-200; MP 134; TK 246
background: AW 16, 191
and the occult:
aura of unsubstantial mystery:
in bearing and actions: AW 12-13, 15, 87, 90-1; KO 199; MP 134-5, 137-40, 143; 246-7, 249, 260, 265-6, 268-9; HSH 119
in address as:
"la vieille souveraine du monde": KO 199
priestess of Isis: KO 199
aided by drugs: MP 142
philosophy:
dialectical dynamics: AW 96
the mantra: KO 198
reference to:
Cornelius Agrippa: TK 258
Desbarrolles: MP 139-40
Hermes Trismegistus: TK 250-1
Eliphas Lévy: MP 142-3
Thomas Vaughan: TK 247, 250; HSH 36, 125
fortune-telling:
by means of:
astrology: AW 15, 19, 90-1, 93, 164; MP 136-7; TK 247-8, 251
palmistry: AW 15; MP 139-40; TK 264
cards: AW 16-23, 191-2; KO 157; MP 139; TK 248
planchette: AW 97-105
concerning:
Uncle Giles: AW 16-19; MP 136
NJ and:
uncertain position in world: AW 13, 20-1
St John Clarke's secretaries: AW 22; MP 66
Jean and Bob Duport: AW 22, 108; KO 157; MP 66; TK 248
future meeting: AW 23, 87
meeting at the Bellevue: KO 199
Quiggin: AW 100-4
Lady Katherine Warminster: KO 200
Pamela Flitton:
expresses interest in: MP 136; TK 247
recognises character:
love of death: MP 136, 138; TK 109, 264-5
vicious traits: MP 139-40; 265
self-absorption: MP 141
marriage to Widmerpool: MP 139
death of Ferrand-Sénéschal: TK 265
appalling end of: TK 251, 264-6
Odo Stevens: MP 134-6, 138-9, 141-3; TK 247
apparent reluctance to practise: AW 16, 18, 97, 105; KO 198
flaws revealed in: TK 248
relationship with Dr Trelawney:
visits at Bellevue:
introduced by Uncle Giles: KO 155-7, 177
and the incident in the bathroom: KO 187-8, 190-2, 198-201
and the occult: KO 198-9; HSH 36, 119, 125
control of drugs for: KO 187-8, 200-1; MP 142
reports death of: MP 142; HSH 36
and Canon Fenneau:
compared to: HSH 119
disdained by: HSH 125
death: HSH 36
and NJ:
awareness of power felt by: AW 22-3; MP 137-40
imaginative fantasies by:
comparison of appearance to:
Mrs Baldwyn Hodges: KO 199
Longhi's "Ridotto": KO 199-200
possibility as General Conyers' fiancée: KO 214
recurrence to mind: KO 218; HSH 36, 119
lives in same block of flats as: MP 135, 142; TK 246-7
and other characters:
Albert Creech:
the incident at the Bellevue: KO 187-8, 190, 192, 19
reports death of: MP 142-3
Uncle Giles:
some relationship evident at the Ufford: AW 12-24, 221-2
possibility of marriage to: KO 156
denied by later: AW 191-2; KO 157
visits at Bellevue: KO 156-7, 177
and death of:
funeral: KO 156-7, 201, 205
sole legatee: KO 205; MP 135
recalls: MP 142
Glober: TK 121, 258, 260
Isobel: TK 248
Mona: AW 90-1, 93, 95, 109; MP 137-8
Moreland:
called "the Sorceress" by: TK 261, 264
makes strong impression on: TK 258, 260-1
Quiggin: AW 107-8, 122
Odo Stevens:
lives in same block of flats as: MP 134, 142; TK 246
makes strong impression on: MP 135, 138-9; TK 264-6
prophecies concerning: MP 134-6, 138, 141-3; TK 247
Jimmy Stripling:
revealed at the Templers': AW 82, 87, 109
domination of: AW 88-9, 93-4, 105; TK 248, 258, 268-9; HSH 78
exploitation of: AW 190-1; KO 177
in Venice with: TK 246
Lady Katherine Warminster: CCR 74; KO 157, 200
Miss Wartstone: MP 136
Baby Wentworth:
as source of the planchette: TK 247
meets in Venice: TK 121, 247
on fortune of: TK 247-8
compares to Pamela: TK 247
Erridge, Alfred, Viscount
The Earl of Warminster, NJ's brother-in-law: BM 64
episodes involved in:
call at Quiggin's cottage: LM 113-23
NJ's visit to Thrubworth: LM 122, 125, 137-54, 202, 204; BDFR 82
described:
at school: LM 32, 116-7
at the Huntercombes': LM 32
at home: LM 114-7, 136-7
early life:
childhood nightmares: LM 30-1
manner suggests spoilt: LM 119
slightly above NJ at school: LM 31-2, 116-7
the social scene: BM 64; LM 32, 140
aimless drifting: LM 148
succession to title (at age of 18 or 19): AW 196; LM 31; CCR 60-1; BDFR 33
death:
coronary thrombosis: BDFR 47
suddenness of surprises:
NJ: BDFR 33
Bagshaw: BDFR 40
obituaries: BDFR 59
funeral:
before: BDFR 48-58
the service: BDFR 58-9
after: BDFR 59-99
otherwise referred to: BDFR 40, 44, 125, 127, 139, 146
and the family:
names:
Alfred: LM 31; CCR 91
Erridge: LM 31-2, 221; CCR 62, 91; BDFR 41
Lord Warminster: LM 31-2, 81, 129; CCR 91; VB 168; BDFR 40, 67
physical similarities with: LM 117, 119, 136-7
general relationship with:
lack of interest in: LM 118-9, 132, 136, 139-40, 145, 204, 216; CCR 68, 191, 195; KO 146; VB 159; BDFR 57
regarded by as "incurably odd": AW 196; LM 30, 32-3, 81; CCR 71-2, 77; BDFR 33, 67, 72
privileged position in: LM 204; CCR 192-3, 195; KO 207; BDFR 65
ancestors:
the Chemist-Earl: BDFR 48-9, 76
Henry Lucius: BDFR 49-50, 54
grandfather: BDFR 58
father: LM 207
Lady Katherine:
as stepmother: LM 207; CCR 60-1, 76-7, 81; KO 146
concerning Mona and China: CCR 207-9
Uncle Alfred:
a puzzlement to: AW 196; LM 32-3; BDFR 65, 70, 72
contempt for: LM 152
upsets with respect to memorial window: LM 41, 152; CCR 76-7
Lady Frederica:
nearest in age to: CCR 191; BDFR 69
similarities of character: CCR 191; BDFR 68-9
ambivalent relationship with: LM 81-2, 95, 118-9; CCR 67, 191, 218-9; VB 159, 175; BDFR 94-5
appoints executor of will: BDFR 44, 67-9, 82, 88, 183
Blanche:
housekeeper at Thrubworth: KO 146-7, 207; VB 158-9; BDFR 33
local duties performed by: BDFR 33
understood by: BDFR 47
George:
family relationship with: LM 31; BDFR 44
disapproved of by: CCR 67, 76-8
attitude to death of:
betrayed by refusal to attend funeral: BDFR 46-7, 58
possibly contributes to own: BDFR 47
considered by NJ: BDFR 57-8, 60
succeeded by son of: BDFR 45, 141; HSH 178
Hugo:
lack of respect shown by:
the "alternative salon" tease: CCR 192, 194-5
derogatory comments: BDFR 45, 87, 95
appoints executor of will: BDFR 44, 183
possibility of succession by: BDFR 45, 141
Isobel: LM 138-9, 204, 206; CCR 96-7, 191; MP 183; BDFR 33, 62, 67, 141
Norah: LM 95-6; CCR 67, 95, 191-2; KO 208; BDFR 44, 46-7, 94-5
Priscilla: LM 118-9
Robert: CCR 62, 64-5, 68-9
Susan: LM 140, 145
character:
"incurably odd":
family opinions: AW 196; LM 30, 32-3, 81; CCR 71-2, 77
NJ sees as subject for Burton: BDFR 33, 57
egotism symptomized by:
simple selfishness: CCR 67, 93, 195; BDFR 33
diffidence: LM 114, 116
asceticism: LM 118, 132-3, 142, 145, 147; CCR 81; BDFR 74-5
sensitivity: LM 118
interest in ideas rather than people: LM 122, 139, 142, 145; CCR 61, 67, 191; BDFR 33, 68, 75
self-identification with heroic boys' stories: LM 130; SA 17; BDFR 75
disregard for public opinion: CCR 62
dislike of noblesse oblige: CCR 61; BDFR 33, 45
indulgence of whims: CCR 68, 93; BDFR 46, 69
depressive moods: LM 115, 119, 122-3, 128; CCR 68
hypochondria: LM 133; CCR 69, 190-192, 195; KO 147, 207-8; BDFR 33, 46-7, 94
unsociability:
lack of social life: LM 110-1, 125, 145, 212; CCR 68, 92; KO 147; BDFR 33, 50, 76
hatred of London: LM 115
social ineptitude: LM 114-5, 122, 130-1137-8; CCR 67; BDFR 47
on bad terms with family solicitor: BDFR 141
contradictory traits with regard to:
general demeanour:
diffidence: LM 114, 116, 120-1, 132
strength of will: LM 115, 117, 133-4, 142
desire to be centre of attention: CCR 194-5; BDFR 46
aristocratic position:
known as "Alf" by political friends: LM 116, 118; CCR 62, 91, 189-90; BDFR 62
socialist shame: LM 150-2; BDFR 76
pomposity of rank: LM 150
Thrubworth:
general attitude to:
shuts up all except own flat: LM 31, 95, 127-30, 152, 208; CCR 61; VB 159; BDFR 33, 74-6, 89-90, 94-5, 141; HSH 178
use of only as bolt-hole: LM 31; KO 147
pride of ownership: LM 127, 132, 134-5, 148-9, 152, 208; BDFR 76
the memorial window:
militantly ignored: LM 41, 77; BDFR 94-5
taken up on George's death: BDFR 94-5
life at:
apparent austerity: LM 31, 129-31; CCR 195; BDFR 33, 74-6, 89, 141
touches of luxury: LM 134-6, 146
financial problems of:
disregard for: CCR 64, 68-9
reach crisis in absence: CCR 78
solved by St John Clarke: CCR 219
and wartime requisition:
complaints about: KO 206-7
happiness with: VB 175; BDFR 33
use of wealth:
parsimony: LM 120, 127, 132-5, 141-2, 145-7; BDFR 57
charity: LM 110, 117, 154; CCR 65-6; BDFR 41-2, 57, 73, 87
will: BDFR 44, 67-9, 141, 183, 188-9
ideas and behaviour:
eccentricity: LM 33, 82, 220
intelligent realism: LM 82, 142; BDFR 44
given to travels:
Europe:
early drifting around: LM 148
Baedekers in his room: LM 130
"jaunts" for "social research": LM 30-1, 33, 138-9; MP 83
China:
interest in: LM 135-6, 202; CCR 68
journey to with Mona: LM 203-5, 207-9, 216, 236; CCR 66-8, 72, 76, 92
Spain:
travel to: CCR 65, 77, 87, 91-4, 96-7, 136, 165
return from: CCR 189-91, 195, 219; KO 147
dislike of religion: BDFR 46
left-wing political views:
collection of books on:
object of early studies: LM 125-6, 130
Quickly outdated: BDFR 75, 188
sentimentality concerning: BDFR 188
"social research" on vagrancy: LM 30-1, 33, 82, 116, 124, 131, 138-9; CCR 61, 78
reflected in attitude to Thrubworth: LM 41, 110, 117
standard socialist causes:
follows the fashion: CCR 68; BDFR 57-8
supports the Popular Front: LM 124; CCR 65
practically involved in:
committee on the Sedition Bill: LM 115, 120, 149, 203
anti-fascist propaganda: LM 149; KO 145
pacifism: CCR 65, 68; KO 146, 206; BDFR 33, 58
Spanish Civil War:
and politics of: CCR 65-6, 77, 92, 95, 189-90, 219
unlikely to fight in: CCR 65, 68, 77-8, 191
disillusionment with: CCR 189-91, 219; KO 146
uselessness in: KO 208; BDFR 58
loss of interest in: VB 159
and Communism:
never member of Party: BDFR 41
changing attitudes to Russia: BDFR 75
interest in Anabaptists and medieval revolutionaries: VB 159
patronage of a magazine:
putative during lifetime: LM 121-3, 134, 145; CCR 190
"Fission" posthumously: BDFR 40-2, 67-8, 83, 88, 141, 183, 188-9; TK 142
naivety of: LM 122; CCR 190
relationship with:
Craggs see below
Quiggin see below
Widmerpool see below
and St John Clarke:
source of introduction to Quiggin: LM 125-6
shared political views: LM 195-6; CCR 92, 220
friendship with: CCR 92, 94
makes executor of literary estate: CCR 78, 91-3
inherits estate of: CCR 218-20; KO 205; TK 142
and Quiggin:
first meeting with: LM 125-6
political sympathies with: LM 110-1, 115, 117, 120-2, 132, 154; CCR 66; BDFR 40-1, 56-7, 76
patron of:
as tenant: LM 110, 117, 119, 209; CCR 129; BDFR 82
as publisher: LM 121-3, 134, 145; CCR 190; BDFR 41-2, 67-8, 83-4, 125, 188-9
latent conflict of wills with:
evident:
at Quiggin's cottage: LM 114-8
at Thrubworth: LM 139, 141
on return from Spain: CCR 189-91
NJ analyses sources as lying in:
relationship of patron and client:
landlord and tenant: LM 117-9, 135, 141; BDFR 82-3
publisher and editor: LM 121-3, 134, 145
the problem of Mona: LM 203-5, 220-1; CCR 67; BDFR 56
the receipt of St John Clarke's legacy: CCR 93-4, 220
remembered by NJ at funeral: BDFR 52
and Mona:
innocence concerning:
flirting by: LM 134, 204; BDFR 76
power of: LM 221
affair with:
elopement to China: LM 203-5, 216, 236, 207-9; CCR 66-7, 78, 220; BDFR 56, 62-3
end of: CCR 67; KO 147
family reactions to: LM 207-10; CCR 67, 72
and other characters:
Bagshaw: BDFR 40-2, 75, 83
Bithel: SA 17
General Conyers' psychoanalysis of: LM 82; KO 213
Howard Craggs: LM 115, 120; BDFR 41-2, 56-7, 67, 76, 82-4, 125
Buster Foxe at Thrubworth: VB 168, 175
Uncle Giles: KO 145-6, 205
Dr Jodrill: BDFR 47
Gypsy Jones possible affair with: LM 124; BDFR 41, 62, 76
Chips Lovell: LM 30-1, 148; CCR 189
Mark Members: LM 220-1
Siegfried: BDFR 73, 87
Lord Sleaford: LM 212
Smith: LM 24, 31, 131-4, 142-4, 236; CCR 195; KO 146-7; MP 83
Dicky Umfraville: BDFR 44-5
Widmerpool: BDFR 51, 56, 66-8, 72, 84, 141, 183-4, 188-9
compared to:
literary figures:
Prince Hal: CCR 192
Prince Myshkin: LM 154; CCR 190
Bithel: SA 17
Geoffrey, Lord Sleaford: LM 212
Ethel
Mrs Andriadis's maid: AW 169
at NJ's visit with Dicky Umfraville: AW 169, 172
remembers time in Cuba: AW 169
on Guggenbühl: AW 170
Evangeline
A friend of Susan Cutts: HSH 183
no longer in England (or alive?): HSH 138
regarded as expert on American society: HSH 138
Evans
Checkweighman at Welsh colliery: VB 61
rumour of affair with Pendry's wife: VB 61
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