# Ida — In Darkest London character guide

> Ida in In Darkest London by Ada Elizabeth Chesterton.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0001-in-darkest-london

## Snapshot

A woman of sharp presence in the narrator's new world, whose friendship or rivalry tests the boundaries of the undercover experiment.

## Who they are

Ida inhabits the precarious female economy of hostels, lodgings, and casual work, where alliances form fast and dissolve faster. She is the kind of woman who notices too much, and the narrator must decide how much of herself to reveal. Her presence sharpens the question at the heart of the book: how do you stay honest when survival demands a performance?

## In the story

### [IV: The House in Kennedy Court](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_darkest_london_se/chapters/iv-the-house-in-kennedy-court)

The aged crone who acts as an official of the house, collecting bed payments and keeping espionage on the residents.

### [XII: A Word to the Well-Fed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_darkest_london_se/chapters/xii-a-word-to-the-well-fed)

Implied as one of the women in the doss house who helps bathe the girl's feet and contributes pence.

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