The Getting of Wisdom · Character

Mrs. Paget

A local woman who hosts a social gathering Laura attends.

minor

First appearance: xii

Mrs. Paget shows up with force in III. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Stout landlady at the Royal Mail Hotel who comments on Laura traveling alone.

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

Laura reaches an emotional and psychological peak of isolation and humiliation as she is publicly mocked, aban…

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