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Mrs. Aldwych

A woman involved in supernatural occurrences.

minor

First appearance: the room in the tower

Mrs. Aldwych shows up with force in Outside the Door. The page is where that presence becomes real.

The storyteller who recounts her personal haunting experience and her theory of emotional imprints on material objects.
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

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