Short Fiction · Character

Lilla McCormack

Captain McCormack's sister, remembered chiefly through the tender hands of poor neighbors who laid out a fair-haired girl in a clean white sheet.

supporting

Also known as Lilla, Miss Lilla, Miss McCormack

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Accompanies her brother in social settings; later pressures him to find a wealthy bride to resolve his debts.

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Lilla belongs to a world where the poor show a refinement that higher ranks forget, and where a flower-girl presses fern and geranium into a small thin hand. Her fate is bound up with Caleb, the blind old man who begs for one moment of sight to see the face he has loved and never known. The loyalty and grief surrounding her thread through the story's quieter chapters, measuring what family and class cost the people caught between them.

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Character Web

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Relationship types

Family
Friendship
Other

Character groups

Central mystery circle
Protagonist

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Relationships

Captain Ivie McCormack
family · positive
A protective and caring sibling bond, with Captain McCormack acting as a guardian to his… How this plays out →
Lettice Tremarten
friendship · positive
Captain Ivie McCormack
family · positive
A protective and caring sibling bond, with Captain McCormack acting as a guardian to his… How this plays out →
Captain Ivie McCormack
family · positive
A protective and caring sibling bond, with Captain McCormack acting as a guardian to his… How this plays out →
Lettice Tremarten
friendship · positive
Lettice Tremarten
friendship · positive

Captain Ivie McCormack
A protective and caring sibling bond, with Captain McCormack acting as a guardian to his sister Lilla.
Lettice Tremarten
A close and supportive friendship, with Lettice often confiding in and helping Lilla.
Captain Ivie McCormack
A protective and caring sibling bond, with Captain McCormack acting as a guardian to his sister Lilla.
Captain Ivie McCormack
A protective and caring sibling bond, with Captain McCormack acting as a guardian to his sister Lilla.
Lettice Tremarten
A close and supportive friendship, with Lettice often confiding in and helping Lilla.
Lettice Tremarten
A close and supportive friendship, with Lettice often confiding in and helping Lilla.

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In the story

Lilla McCormack appears across 3 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.

Among Crows
Accompanies her brother in social settings; later pressures him to find a wealthy bride to resolve his debts.
Still Among Crows
Lilla is the mastermind behind the plot to compromise Lettice. She is calculating and manipulative, insisting that Lettice must be compromised to force a marriage.
As a White Dove
Assists her brother in the elopement plot but is present when Lettice's escape is discovered.

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