# Clementine Richards — Quicksand character guide

> Clementine Richards in Quicksand by Nella Larsen.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Clementine

**First appearance:** 0004-ii

## Who they are

A teacher at Naxos, part of the faculty.

## Relationships

### [Helga Crane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/quicksand_se/characters/helga_crane)

_rivalry_

Clementine Richards is a rival teacher at Naxos who embodies the snobbish, colorist attitudes Helga despises.

## In the story

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

A strapping black beauty in the congregation who openly adores Reverend Green and treats Helga with contemptuousness.

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

Hated by Helga for failing to marry the preacher and thus sparing Helga from her own marriage.

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