Short Fiction · Character
Sir Arthur Chadleigh
A proud patriarch whose proscription of his dead wife's very name leaves his daughter Mary to grieve alone and unconsoled.
supporting
Also known as Sir Arthur, old Sir Arthur, Chadleigh, young Chadleigh, Arthur Chadleigh
First appearance: a chapter in the history of a tyrone family
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Introduced as a dissipated baronet, a duellist, and a cold-hearted family man whose wife eloped with Lord Kildalkin.
Sir Arthur rules his household with a silence so absolute that no one dares speak Lady Chadleigh's name in his presence, even after her death abroad. His coldness has made his daughter Mary's secret hope of her mother's return the central ache of her young life. He matters because that frozen grief—and whatever caused the separation—is the buried wound from which the family's haunting grows.
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- Chadleigh family curse
- Carmilla story figures
- Ghost story narrators
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