# Lettice Tremarten — Short Fiction character guide

> Lettice Tremarten in Short Fiction by Catherine Louisa Pirkis.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Miss Lettice, Miss Tremarten

**First appearance:** 0000-disappeared-from-her-home

## Snapshot

A young woman whose impulsive afternoon drive with Captain McCormack spirals into scandal, forcing her aunts to lie about her whereabouts while the household panics.

## Who they are

Lettice is one of the Misses Tremarten visiting Lochiel, and her unexplained departure with Captain McCormack triggers the story's central crisis. Her eccentric upbringing, blamed by Aunt Rosamond for her indiscretions, leaves her naive about social consequences and dangerously trusting of the wrong people. The frantic cover-up her aunts attempt — excusing all three sisters from dinner to hide the absence — shows how much Lettice's choices threaten the family's respectability, and sets the mystery of her fate in motion.

## Relationships

### [Captain Ivie McCormack](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_61_se/characters/captain_ivie_mccormack)

_romantic_

A deeply intertwined and intense romantic connection, marked by longing and emotional entanglement.

### [Lilla McCormack](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_61_se/characters/lilla_mccormack)

_friendship_

A close and supportive friendship, with Lettice often confiding in and helping Lilla.

### [Aunt Rosamond](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_61_se/characters/aunt_rosamond)

_family_

An aunt-niece relationship with a strong protective and guiding dynamic, though sometimes overbearing.

### [Dr. Herron](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_61_se/characters/dr_herron)

_professional_

A doctor-patient relationship, with Dr. Herron providing medical care and showing a caring interest in Lettice's wellbeing.

### [The Doctor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_61_se/characters/the_doctor)

_professional_

A professional relationship where the Doctor provides medical or psychological care to Lettice, with an undercurrent of personal interest.

### [Aunt Rosamond](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_61_se/characters/aunt_rosamond)

_family_

An aunt-niece relationship with a strong protective and guiding dynamic, though sometimes overbearing.

### [Captain Ivie McCormack](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_61_se/characters/captain_ivie_mccormack)

_romantic_

A deeply intertwined and intense romantic connection, marked by longing and emotional entanglement.

### [Captain Ivie McCormack](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_61_se/characters/captain_ivie_mccormack)

_romantic_

A deeply intertwined and intense romantic connection, marked by longing and emotional entanglement.

### [Lilla McCormack](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_61_se/characters/lilla_mccormack)

_friendship_

A close and supportive friendship, with Lettice often confiding in and helping Lilla.

### [The Doctor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_61_se/characters/the_doctor)

_professional_

A professional relationship where the Doctor provides medical or psychological care to Lettice, with an undercurrent of personal interest.

### [Dr. Herron](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_61_se/characters/dr_herron)

_professional_

A doctor-patient relationship, with Dr. Herron providing medical care and showing a caring interest in Lettice's wellbeing.

### [Dr. Herron](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_61_se/characters/dr_herron)

_professional_

A doctor-patient relationship, with Dr. Herron providing medical care and showing a caring interest in Lettice's wellbeing.

## In the story

### [In the Nest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_61_se/chapters/i-in-the-nest)

Introduced as a free-spirited young woman who loves nature and animals, and is resistant to the strict social expectations of her aunts.

### [Among Crows](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_61_se/chapters/ii-among-crows)

Persuades her father to allow a London season; her aunts worry about her behavior and her association with the McCormacks.

### [Still Among Crows](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_61_se/chapters/iii-still-among-crows)

Lettice is enjoying the countryside but is unaware of the McCormacks' plot against her. She is described as headstrong and rebellious against her aunts' surveillance.

### [As a White Dove](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_61_se/chapters/iv-as-a-white-dove)

Flees from Captain McCormack and wanders alone through the night, eventually collapsing at a minister's house.

### [At Twelve Tonight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_61_se/chapters/at-twelve-tonight)

Central figure in the unfolding mystery, likely connected to the disappearance and the midnight appointment.

## Links

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