# Lydia Fletcher — Pastors and Masters character guide

> Lydia Fletcher in Pastors and Masters by Ivy Compton-Burnett.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Miss Lydia Fletcher, Miss Lydia, Lyddie, Lydia, Fletcher, Miss Fletcher

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Snapshot

A pious, self-effacing woman who insists on going where she is needed, while making sure everyone notices how nice it is to be wanted.

## Who they are

Miss Lydia moves through the Herrick circle with lowered eyes and a voice of gentle unworthiness, deploring ritualism and praising the simpler service. She declines to stay for the readings because duty calls her elsewhere, yet lingers long enough to be thanked for it. Her blend of humility and quiet self-promotion makes her one of the novel's most delicately comic figures.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pastors_and_masters_se/chapters/iii)

Mr. Fletcher's sister, a devout woman who insists on traditional gender roles and expresses concern about ritualism in the town.

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