Quicksand · Character
Miss Hartley
A teacher at Naxos, critical of Helga.
minor
First appearance: ii
Miss Hartley shows up with force in XXIV. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The efficient nurse from Mobile who cares for Helga, protecting her from visitors and reading to her.
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In XXIV: The efficient nurse from Mobile who cares for Helga, protecting her from visitors and reading to her. Later, in XXV: The nurse attending Helga, who misinterprets Helga's bitter remark about 'pie' as a request…
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See Miss Hartley in iiNarrative arc
Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
Helga reaches her emotional and psychological peak here by fully rejecting the religious consolation that once…
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See Miss Hartley in ii