# Miss Spear — Hudson River Bracketed character guide

> Miss Spear in Hudson River Bracketed by Edith Wharton.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** young Spear, Miss Spear and Mr. Lorburn, Héloïse Spear, Héloïse, Lorry Spear, Lorry

**First appearance:** 0006-iii

## Snapshot

Halo's younger sister, an artistic and impulsive young woman whose enthusiasms pull Vance deeper into the Spear family's restless, sensation-seeking orbit.

## Who they are

Lorry Spear moves through the Spear household as its liveliest and least guarded member, sharing her sister Halo's artistic leanings but without Halo's caution or social calculation. She is drawn to the same currents of novelty and spiritual experimentation that sweep through her mother's circle, and her warmth toward Vance makes her one of the few Spears he can meet without armor. Her presence sharpens the contrast between genuine feeling and the family's appetite for new sensations, and she becomes a quiet measure of what Vance stands to gain or lose in that world.

## Relationships

### [Vance Weston](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hudson_river_bracketed_se/characters/vance_weston)

_professional_

Miss Spear is a secretary or assistant who helps Vance with his writing and administrative tasks.

### [Halo Tarrant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hudson_river_bracketed_se/characters/halo_tarrant)

_social_

Halo and Miss Spear are acquaintances who interact in the literary circles surrounding Vance.

### [Halo Tarrant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hudson_river_bracketed_se/characters/halo_tarrant)

_social_

Halo and Miss Spear are acquaintances who interact in the literary circles surrounding Vance.

### [Vance Weston](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hudson_river_bracketed_se/characters/vance_weston)

_professional_

Miss Spear is a secretary or assistant who helps Vance with his writing and administrative tasks.

### [Halo Tarrant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hudson_river_bracketed_se/characters/halo_tarrant)

_social_

Halo and Miss Spear are acquaintances who interact in the literary circles surrounding Vance.

## In the story

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

Arrives in the Eaglewood motor, listens to Vance's poetry, and offers thoughtful critique.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hudson_river_bracketed_se/chapters/xiv)

Vance recalls her description of a Greek temple and her unhappiness over the stolen books.

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