# Chinky — The Getting of Wisdom character guide

> Chinky in The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0005-iii

## Who they are

A schoolgirl with a foreign-sounding nickname, part of Laura's social set.

## Relationships

### [Laura Rambotham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/characters/laura_rambotham)

_friendship_

Chinky is a school friend who shares Laura's sense of mischief and provides a loyal, if sometimes childish, companionship.

### [Laura Rambotham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/characters/laura_rambotham)

_friendship_

Chinky is a school friend who shares Laura's sense of mischief and provides a loyal, if sometimes childish, companionship.

### [Laura Rambotham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/characters/laura_rambotham)

_friendship_

Chinky is a school friend who shares Laura's sense of mischief and provides a loyal, if sometimes childish, companionship.

## In the story

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/xv)

Laura confides in Chinky about boys, but Chinky dismisses them as 'dirty, horrid, conceited creatures.'

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/xvii)

Chinky confronts Laura about their neglected friendship and offers her a ring with the inscription 'Semper eadem,' seeking a closer bond.

### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/xviii)

Chinky attempts to comfort Laura but is rebuffed; she humbly withdraws after Laura's harsh response.

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/xix)

Expelled from school for stealing half-a-sovereign from a roommate's purse; claims she took it to buy a ring for Laura, deepening Laura's disgrace.

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