# Inez — The Getting of Wisdom character guide

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

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0005-iii

## Who they are

A wealthy, fashionable schoolgirl who looks down on Laura.

## Relationships

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

_rivalry_

Inez is a competitive classmate who often vies with Laura for attention and status, creating a tense rivalry.

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

_rivalry_

Inez is a competitive classmate who often vies with Laura for attention and status, creating a tense rivalry.

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

_rivalry_

Inez is a competitive classmate who often vies with Laura for attention and status, creating a tense rivalry.

## In the story

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/vi)

Inez is one of the two nice girls Laura now befriends in her class.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/vii)

Bertha's chum who warns Laura not to mention Bertha's mother and reveals the family secret.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/ix)

Laura's new friend, described as pretty, lazy, and fully developed; becomes the target of Miss Hicks's biting criticism about having a 'woman's brain.'

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

Has a serious admirer and an understanding with a young man; views school as purgatory before paradise.

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