# Hilda Adams — Flight character guide

> Hilda Adams in Flight by Walter White.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Hilda

**First appearance:** 0002-i

## Snapshot

A girl with wide, placid black eyes whose instant kinship with Mimi becomes the one friendship in which neither has to perform.

## Who they are

Across Mrs. Hunter's crowded parlor, Hilda and Mimi lock eyes and something wordless passes between them — a recognition that outlasts the gossip swirling around Hilda's mother. She whispers the room's secrets to Mimi with a conspirator's delight, skewering the condescending hostess with a single line about a battleship trying to be cute. Her mother's ostracism shadows her, but Hilda moves through it with a calm that Mimi envies and loves. She is the friendship that teaches Mimi what intimacy without pretense feels like.

## Relationships

### [Mimi Daquin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/flight_se/characters/mimi_daquin)

_friendship_

Hilda is Mimi's close friend and confidante, often offering advice and support.

### [Carl Hunter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/flight_se/characters/carl_hunter)

_friendship_

Carl and Hilda share a friendly rapport, with Hilda sometimes mediating between Carl and Mimi.

### [Mrs. Daquin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/flight_se/characters/mrs_daquin)

_friendship_

Hilda is friendly with Mrs. Daquin, often relaying information about Mimi's activities.

### [Mimi Daquin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/flight_se/characters/mimi_daquin)

_friendship_

Hilda is Mimi's close friend and confidante, often offering advice and support.

### [Mrs. Daquin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/flight_se/characters/mrs_daquin)

_friendship_

Hilda is friendly with Mrs. Daquin, often relaying information about Mimi's activities.

### [Carl Hunter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/flight_se/characters/carl_hunter)

_friendship_

Carl and Hilda share a friendly rapport, with Hilda sometimes mediating between Carl and Mimi.

### [Mrs. Daquin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/flight_se/characters/mrs_daquin)

_friendship_

Hilda is friendly with Mrs. Daquin, often relaying information about Mimi's activities.

### [Mimi Daquin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/flight_se/characters/mimi_daquin)

_friendship_

Hilda is Mimi's close friend and confidante, often offering advice and support.

### [Carl Hunter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/flight_se/characters/carl_hunter)

_friendship_

Carl and Hilda share a friendly rapport, with Hilda sometimes mediating between Carl and Mimi.

## In the story

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/flight_se/chapters/iv)

Hilda meets Mimi at a social gathering and they form an instant, intense friendship. She shares gossip about the other women, including Mrs. Watkins's jealousy of her mother.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/flight_se/chapters/v)

Introduces Mimi to Carl and defends him, expressing her unrequited love for him.

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

Feels jealousy and bitterness as Carl shows interest in Mimi, realizing he will never care for her.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/flight_se/chapters/viii)

Mimi's friend whose affection for Carl prompts Mimi's sacrifice.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/flight_se/chapters/ix)

Hilda waits in vain for Carl's interest, experiencing hope, despair, and self-castigation. She suspects Mimi of not keeping her promise, but later regrets her distrust.

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

Shows compassion and support for Mimi, having found peace in resignation regarding Carl.

### [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/flight_se/chapters/xi)

Attends to Mimi after she faints, conveying her father's orders and helping with arrangements.

## Links

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