# Mrs. St. Quinten — Short Fiction character guide

> Mrs. St. Quinten in Short Fiction by Anthony Trollope.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mrs. St. Quinten Lydia, Lydia, the unfortunate Lydia, Once Mrs. St. Quinten

**First appearance:** 0018-the-widow-s-mite

## Who they are

A woman whose unfortunate story is told.

## In the story

### [The Panjandrum](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/the-panjandrum)

The lady who hosts the meetings, mediates disputes, and proposes changing the meeting day to Sunday.

### [Part I: Hope](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/part-i-hope)

The hostess who mediates disputes, provides tea and muffins, and contributes manuscripts to the magazine.

### [Part II: Despair](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/part-ii-despair)

Hosts the Panjandrum meeting; reviews Bishop Berkeley's theory and casts the deciding vote against the narrator's story.

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