# Priscilla Lammeter — Silas Marner character guide

> Priscilla Lammeter in Silas Marner by George Eliot.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Miss Priscilla Lammeter, Priscilla, niece Priscilla, sister Priscilla, Miss Priscilla, Priscy

**First appearance:** 0011-part-i-x

## Snapshot

Nancy's plain-spoken older sister, who manages their father and the farm with bluff competence and has no patience for vanity, courtship games, or men who blame themselves.

## Who they are

Priscilla runs the Warrens and her rheumatic father with the same firm hand, cheerfully declaring that a man should let somebody else do the ordering and keep the blaming in his own hands. She is sharp-tongued, unromantic, and utterly loyal to Nancy, whose beauty and delicacy she treats with wry, protective affection. Her sturdy practicality throws Nancy's scruples and Godfrey's evasions into relief, grounding the Lammeter household in plain sense rather than sentiment.

## Relationships

### [Nancy Lammeter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/silas_marner_se/characters/nancy_lammeter)

_family_

Nancy and Priscilla are sisters, with Priscilla being practical and protective of Nancy.

### [Godfrey Cass](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/silas_marner_se/characters/godfrey_cass)

_social_

Godfrey is polite to Priscilla as his future sister-in-law, but their interactions are formal and limited.

### [Nancy Lammeter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/silas_marner_se/characters/nancy_lammeter)

_family_

Nancy and Priscilla are sisters, with Priscilla being practical and protective of Nancy.

### [Godfrey Cass](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/silas_marner_se/characters/godfrey_cass)

_social_

Godfrey is polite to Priscilla as his future sister-in-law, but their interactions are formal and limited.

### [Godfrey Cass](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/silas_marner_se/characters/godfrey_cass)

_social_

Godfrey is polite to Priscilla as his future sister-in-law, but their interactions are formal and limited.

### [Nancy Lammeter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/silas_marner_se/characters/nancy_lammeter)

_family_

Nancy and Priscilla are sisters, with Priscilla being practical and protective of Nancy.

## In the story

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/silas_marner_se/chapters/part-i-v)

Mentioned as the housewife who gave Silas a piece of pork as a present.

### [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/silas_marner_se/chapters/part-i-xi)

Mentioned as Nancy's sister, known for her quick wit and pork-pies, though not present at the dance at the same time as Nancy.

### [Chapter XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/silas_marner_se/chapters/part-ii-xvii)

Priscilla visits the Red House, manages her father, and encourages Nancy to take up dairying to fill her mind.

### [Conclusion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/silas_marner_se/chapters/part-ii-conclusion)

Wishes Nancy had found a child like Eppie to raise, reflecting on the value of youth.

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