Crome Yellow · Character

Priscilla Wimbush

Crome's mannish, orange-coiffed hostess, who runs her life by horoscopes and her conversation by gambit, having gambled away a fortune before the Stars intervened.

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Also known as Priscilla

First appearance: i

As a supporting figure in Crome Yellow, Priscilla Wimbush is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Hostess, found in her boudoir reading Barbecue-Smith, discussing astrology and her past.

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Priscilla Wimbush holds court from her boudoir, sucking a silver pencil over her horoscopes and cheerfully interrupting guests before they can answer her. She has buried thousands on racecourses, forcing Henry to sell…

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Setup
Escalation
Breaking point

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Denis
social · positive
Denis is a polite but bemused listener to Priscilla's eccentric spiritual and occult… How this plays out →
Mr. Scogan
social · ambivalent
Henry Wimbush
family · ambivalent
Denis
social · positive
Denis is a polite but bemused listener to Priscilla's eccentric spiritual and occult… How this plays out →
Henry Wimbush
family · ambivalent
Denis
social · positive
Denis is a polite but bemused listener to Priscilla's eccentric spiritual and occult… How this plays out →
Henry Wimbush
family · ambivalent
Mr. Scogan
social · ambivalent

Denis
Denis is a polite but bemused listener to Priscilla's eccentric spiritual and occult interests.
Mr. Scogan
Mr. Scogan tolerates Priscilla's occult enthusiasms with amused detachment.
Henry Wimbush
Henry and Priscilla Wimbush are married, but their relationship is distant and preoccupied with separate interests.
Denis
Denis is a polite but bemused listener to Priscilla's eccentric spiritual and occult interests.
Henry Wimbush
Henry and Priscilla Wimbush are married, but their relationship is distant and preoccupied with separate interests.
Denis
Denis is a polite but bemused listener to Priscilla's eccentric spiritual and occult interests.
Henry Wimbush
Henry and Priscilla Wimbush are married, but their relationship is distant and preoccupied with separate interests.
Mr. Scogan
Mr. Scogan tolerates Priscilla's occult enthusiasms with amused detachment.

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Priscilla Wimbush appears across 11 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.

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Hostess, found in her boudoir reading Barbecue-Smith, discussing astrology and her past.
Mr. Barbecue-Smith Arrives
Welcomes Barbecue-Smith effusively, praises his book, introduces him to Denis as a fellow writer.
VIII
Presides at breakfast in black silk and pearls, hidden behind a Sunday paper, commenting on cricket and astrology.
X
Sits by the fireplace discussing higher things with Mr. Barbecue-Smith, including optimism and the Einstein theory's effect on horoscopes.
XIII
Scorns the Lapiths as unadventurous and yawns before the reading.
Chapter XVII
Sits in her armchair examining Ivor's spirit drawings, reading titles like 'Portrait of an Angel' and 'Astral Beings at Play'; dressed in sea-green with diamonds.
XIX
Dozes during the reading, wakes up, and advocates the power of thought for sleeping.
XXV
Declares she has more important things to think about than the Fair but promises to encourage the villagers.
XXVI
Towers over Mrs. Budge, dressed in purple with a queenly toque.
XXVIII
Still wearing her queenly toque, dances with a tenant farmer to encourage the villagers.
XXX
Claims a presentiment of Denis's departure, adding a touch of mysticism to the scene.

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