# Cousin Teresa — Short Fiction character guide

> Cousin Teresa in Short Fiction by Saki.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Teresa Basset Harrowcluff, Basset, Harrowcluff

**First appearance:** 0099-cousin-teresa

## Who they are

A cousin whose presence at a house party causes tension.

## In the story

### [Cousin Teresa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_49_se/chapters/cousin-teresa)

Returns home after four years of service abroad, contemptuous of his half-brother Lucas's frivolous activities.

### [The Lumber Room](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_49_se/chapters/the-lumber-room)

The aunt who styles herself as Nicholas's aunt, organizes the punitive trip to Jagborough, and ends up trapped in a rainwater tank.

### [Fate](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_49_se/chapters/fate)

Victim of Rex's staged fire; she is rescued by him.

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