# Lucy Tantamount — Point Counter Point character guide

> Lucy Tantamount in Point Counter Point by Aldous Huxley.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Lucy, Tantamount, Dear Lucy

**First appearance:** 0003-iv

## Who they are

A beautiful and amoral socialite who toys with men's affections.

## Relationships

### [Walter Bidlake](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/point_counter_point_se/characters/walter_bidlake)

_romantic_

Lucy is a cold, manipulative seductress who toys with Walter's affections, leading to a destructive and one-sided obsession.

### [Spandrell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/point_counter_point_se/characters/spandrell)

_social_

Lucy and Spandrell share a cynical, hedonistic bond as fellow members of the jaded upper-class social set.

### [Walter Bidlake](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/point_counter_point_se/characters/walter_bidlake)

_romantic_

Lucy is a cold, manipulative seductress who toys with Walter's affections, leading to a destructive and one-sided obsession.

### [Walter Bidlake](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/point_counter_point_se/characters/walter_bidlake)

_romantic_

Lucy is a cold, manipulative seductress who toys with Walter's affections, leading to a destructive and one-sided obsession.

### [Spandrell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/point_counter_point_se/characters/spandrell)

_social_

Lucy and Spandrell share a cynical, hedonistic bond as fellow members of the jaded upper-class social set.

### [Spandrell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/point_counter_point_se/characters/spandrell)

_social_

Lucy and Spandrell share a cynical, hedonistic bond as fellow members of the jaded upper-class social set.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/point_counter_point_se/chapters/i)

The object of Walter's obsessive desire, though he admits he hates her.

### [Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/point_counter_point_se/chapters/iv)

Engages in a sharp exchange with John Bidlake and Mrs. Betterton about women and cynicism, showing her modern, detached perspective.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/point_counter_point_se/chapters/vii)

Emerges from the dining room, flirts with General Knoyle, and agrees to take Walter to see Spandrell.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/point_counter_point_se/chapters/xi)

Arrives at the party, turning the atmosphere loud and public; tells a story about her father's awkward warning about kissing in conservatories.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/point_counter_point_se/chapters/xii)

Expresses boredom with conventional liveliness and desire for violent experiences; denies tormenting Walter but admits to keeping him at a distance.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/point_counter_point_se/chapters/xiii)

Walter goes to her after leaving Marjorie; she agrees to go out with him despite a prior dinner engagement.

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/point_counter_point_se/chapters/xv)

Views her affair with Walter as amusement, rejecting his demands for love; remains emotionally remote and mocking even after intimacy.

### [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/point_counter_point_se/chapters/xxi)

Discussed as the object of Walter's obsession, her bad reputation is analyzed by Elinor as a source of attraction.

### [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/point_counter_point_se/chapters/xxii)

Described as a 'French tricolor' with blue eyes, scarlet mouth, and dead white skin; her laugh triggers Philip's crocodile association.

### [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/point_counter_point_se/chapters/xxv)

Writes letters from Paris, expressing boredom, aesthetic sensitivity, and capricious desires.

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