Short Fiction · Character
Mrs. Thompson
A widowed East India officer's wife lingering at Le Puy, drawn to a decorated French gentleman whose name is all she knows of him.
supporting
Also known as Thompson
First appearance: christmas at thompson hall
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A widow with an Indian civil service pension, living frugally in Le Puy, courted by M.
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Mrs. Thompson, comfortably provided for but friendless in England, has settled at the Hôtel des Ambassadeurs where her customs and economies suit her better than Torquay or Leamington. Day by day she stays, ostensibly…
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- Other
Character groups
- Tragic French Love
- Humorous Mistaken Identity
- Rural Romance & Family
- Dramatic Island Stories
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