# Miss Haddie — Backwater character guide

> Miss Haddie in Backwater by Dorothy M. Richardson.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Haddie, Flushing scarlet Miss Haddie

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Snapshot

Flushing scarlet and full of dark fear, Miss Haddie is the colleague whose silent judgment Miriam feels most keenly at the table.

## Who they are

Miss Haddie sits at the school table with eyes full of dark fear, alone and outraged, certain that Miriam is a fraud besides being vulgar. When Miriam offers her broadest home smile, Miss Haddie flushes scarlet and smiles in return, a small thaw in a wary relationship. Her puzzled, wounded watchfulness gives Miriam's decision a human cost and shows how little her colleagues truly know her.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/backwater_se/chapters/iii)

Frowns disapprovingly at the news of the girls' behavior; watches Miriam closely.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/backwater_se/chapters/vi)

Miss Haddie is mentioned as a possible visitor during the evenings, part of Miriam's anticipated routine.

### [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/backwater_se/chapters/x)

Shows a childlike face of surprise and injustice; Miriam perceives her as emotionally tyrannical.

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