# Interim — Character guide

> Key figures in Interim by Dorothy M. Richardson.

- [Miriam](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/interim_se/characters/miriam.md): A young woman whose consciousness is the novel's weather, she moves through London rooms and memories, finding summer happiness that no present season can supply.
- [Mrs. Bailey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/interim_se/characters/mrs_bailey.md): A landlady with strong opinions and a sharper tongue, she presides over tea-table verdicts on charity, illness, and who deserves what from strangers.
- [Dr. von Heber](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/interim_se/characters/dr_von_heber.md): A foreign doctor whose presence unsettles the Baileys' dining room, he listens to music and to Miriam with the same grave, unreadable attention.
- [Dr. Hurd](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/interim_se/characters/dr_hurd.md): An old doctor who talks gynecology plainly and gossip freely, he spreads his thoughts about with a simplicity that Miriam finds both relief and exposure.
- [Eve](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/interim_se/characters/eve.md): Miriam's sister, arriving in London to become a florist, she is the event around which Miriam's days rearrange themselves into anticipation and hostess-hood.
- [Florrie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/interim_se/characters/florrie.md): A presence in Miriam's social orbit, she is part of the circle whose talk and judgments Miriam navigates, half-participant and half-observer.
- [Grace](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/interim_se/characters/grace.md): Grace greets Miriam at the door in her straight green dress, all gentle kisses and soothing reproaches, the soft center of a household that briefly shelters a grubby traveler.
- [Dr. Winchester](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/interim_se/characters/dr_winchester.md): Dr. Winchester brushed Miriam's coat in the hall and never said what he meant, one of the worried brothers whose silence she only learns of after they've all vanished.
- [Mr. Bowdoin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/interim_se/characters/mr_bowdoin.md): A named male character, possibly a visitor or acquaintance.
- [Mr. Mendizabal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/interim_se/characters/mr_mendizabal.md): Mr. Mendizabal, that little man with the adenoid voice and sniggering laugh, is the disreputable foreigner everyone at the boarding table has an opinion about.
- [Miss Scott](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/interim_se/characters/miss_scott.md): A named female character, possibly a companion or acquaintance.
- [Sissie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/interim_se/characters/sissie.md): A named character, possibly a child or young woman in the household.
- [The Baileys](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/interim_se/characters/the_baileys.md): A family unit that appears as a collective presence.
- [The doctors](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/interim_se/characters/the_doctors.md): A collective group of medical professionals in the narrative.
- [Christine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/interim_se/characters/christine.md): A named character with a distinct presence in the story.
- [Eleanor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/interim_se/characters/eleanor.md): A named character, possibly a friend or relative of Miriam.
- [Emile](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/interim_se/characters/emile.md): A named male character, possibly a servant or acquaintance.
- [Mr. Hancock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/interim_se/characters/mr_hancock.md): A named male character, possibly a visitor or official.

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