# Gladys Helmsley — Point Counter Point character guide

> Gladys Helmsley in Point Counter Point by Aldous Huxley.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Gladys

**First appearance:** 0008-ix

## Who they are

A young woman who works for Burlap and becomes his mistress.

## Relationships

### [Old Mr. Quarles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/point_counter_point_se/characters/old_mr_quarles)

_professional_

Gladys is a young maid who begrudgingly cares for the senile Old Mr. Quarles, finding him repulsive but necessary for her employment.

### [Old Mr. Quarles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/point_counter_point_se/characters/old_mr_quarles)

_professional_

Gladys is a young maid who begrudgingly cares for the senile Old Mr. Quarles, finding him repulsive but necessary for her employment.

### [Old Mr. Quarles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/point_counter_point_se/characters/old_mr_quarles)

_professional_

Gladys is a young maid who begrudgingly cares for the senile Old Mr. Quarles, finding him repulsive but necessary for her employment.

## In the story

### [XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/point_counter_point_se/chapters/xx)

Sidney's mistress, a young woman of a lower class who is both impressed by Sidney's grandiosity and amused by his pretensions. She is the object of his 'passionate' but generic desire.

### [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/point_counter_point_se/chapters/xxiv)

Grows disillusioned with Mr. Quarles's stinginess and mocks his complaints by telling him to write to the Times.

### [XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/point_counter_point_se/chapters/xxxi)

Confronts Mr. Quarles about their affair, his cheap gifts, and her pregnancy; she is furious and sarcastic.

## Links

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