# Hazel — Lud-in-the-Mist character guide

> Hazel in Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Miss Hazel, Hazel Gibberty

**First appearance:** 0007-v-ranulph-goes-to-the-widow-gibberty-s-farm

## Snapshot

A young farm woman of the Gibberty household, proud of her family's honest hospitality and suspicious of her grandfather's strange widow.

## Who they are

Hazel Gibberty keeps her family's farm with a fierce sense of propriety and a deep distrust of her grandfather's new wife, whose outlandish ways and unholy fodder offend her. When Master Nathaniel falls ill under her roof, she blames the widow's firebox and her own hospitality, sobbing with terror and rage. Her plainspoken suspicion of fairy influence makes her an unexpected witness to the town's hidden dangers.

## Relationships

### [Master Nathaniel Chanticleer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/characters/master_nathaniel_chanticleer)

_friendship_

Hazel is a loyal friend and ally to Nathaniel, often assisting him in his investigations and adventures.

### [Jeremiah Gibberty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/characters/jeremiah_gibberty)

_rivalry_

Hazel and Jeremiah Gibberty are adversaries, with Hazel opposing Gibberty's schemes and protecting Nathaniel's interests.

### [Dame Marigold Chanticleer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/characters/dame_marigold_chanticleer)

_friendship_

Marigold and Hazel share a friendly bond, often working together to support Nathaniel and the household.

### [Ranulph Chanticleer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/characters/ranulph_chanticleer)

_friendship_

Hazel and Ranulph are friends and allies, often collaborating in adventures and supporting each other.

### [Master Nathaniel Chanticleer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/characters/master_nathaniel_chanticleer)

_friendship_

Hazel is a loyal friend and ally to Nathaniel, often assisting him in his investigations and adventures.

### [Master Nathaniel Chanticleer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/characters/master_nathaniel_chanticleer)

_friendship_

Hazel is a loyal friend and ally to Nathaniel, often assisting him in his investigations and adventures.

### [Ranulph Chanticleer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/characters/ranulph_chanticleer)

_friendship_

Hazel and Ranulph are friends and allies, often collaborating in adventures and supporting each other.

### [Dame Marigold Chanticleer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/characters/dame_marigold_chanticleer)

_friendship_

Marigold and Hazel share a friendly bond, often working together to support Nathaniel and the household.

### [Jeremiah Gibberty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/characters/jeremiah_gibberty)

_rivalry_

Hazel and Jeremiah Gibberty are adversaries, with Hazel opposing Gibberty's schemes and protecting Nathaniel's interests.

### [Jeremiah Gibberty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/characters/jeremiah_gibberty)

_rivalry_

Hazel and Jeremiah Gibberty are adversaries, with Hazel opposing Gibberty's schemes and protecting Nathaniel's interests.

## In the story

### [XX: Watching the Cows](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/chapters/xx-watching-the-cows)

Silently supports Luke, gives him fennel sprigs for protection, and is described as being treated like an old maid by the widow.

### [XXI: The Old Goatherd](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/chapters/xxi-the-old-goatherd)

Hazel expresses deep distrust of the widow Gibberty and Endymion Leer, and struggles with her own powerlessness to assert her legal rights as the rightful owner of the farm.

### [XXII: Who Is Portunus?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/chapters/xxii-who-is-portunus)

The granddaughter of the widow Gibberty, she is washing clothes when Nathaniel arrives and warms to him after he compliments her as the farmer.

### [The Northern Firebox and Dead Men's Tales](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/chapters/xxiii-the-northern-firebox-and-dead-men-s-tales)

Hazel's instinctive distrust of the widow grows; she saves Master Nathaniel from suffocation and helps dig up the buried evidence.

### [XXIV: Belling the Cat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/chapters/xxiv-belling-the-cat)

Emotionally distressed by the revelations; instructed to go to her aunt Mistress Ivy Peppercorn and act as plaintiff in the trial.

### [XXVI: “Neither Trees nor Men”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/chapters/xxvi-neither-trees-nor-men)

The plaintiff, a fresh-faced young girl, kneels to kiss the great seal and tells the story of her grandfather's murder.

### [XXIX: A Message Comes to Hazel and the First Swallow to Dame Marigold](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/chapters/xxix-a-message-comes-to-hazel-and-the-first-swallow-to-dame-marigold)

Hazel, now a farmer, refuses to leave her post near Lud despite danger, insisting on waiting for a message from Master Nathaniel. She bravely delivers the secret message to Sebastian Thug and Bawdy Bess at the Unicorn tavern, calming the mob.

### [Conclusion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/chapters/xxxii-conclusion)

Marries Sebastian Thug and lives with him on her farm, visited annually by Nathaniel and Ranulph.

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