# Miss Matilda Vernon-Ridgway — Hester character guide

> Miss Matilda Vernon-Ridgway in Hester by Margaret Oliphant.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Miss Matilda, Matilda, Miss Vernon-Ridgway

**First appearance:** 0004-iii-the-vernonry

## Who they are

A Vernon-Ridgway relation.

## In the story

### [VI: Neighbours and Relations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hester_se/chapters/vi-neighbours-and-relations)

One of the two tall sisters who visit the summerhouse, gossip about Catherine, and welcome Mrs. John with feigned politeness.

### [XV: What Edward Thought](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hester_se/chapters/xv-what-edward-thought)

One of the gossiping chorus in the Vernonry, speculating about Hester's absence.

### [XVIII: A Family Party](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hester_se/chapters/xviii-a-family-party)

Comments on charity flannel and blankets, praises Catherine's generosity.

### [Christmas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hester_se/chapters/xxix-christmas)

Miss Matilda criticizes Catherine's Christmas dinner and gossips about Ellen Merridew's extravagance and her husband's financial troubles, revealing the family's petty judgments.

### [A Discovery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hester_se/chapters/xxxv-a-discovery)

Along with her sister, encounters Catherine on her walk and hints at gossip about Mrs. John.

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