# Miss Deacon — The Hill of Dreams character guide

> Miss Deacon in The Hill of Dreams by Arthur Machen.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Deacon, the worthy Miss Deacon

**First appearance:** 0002-i

## Who they are

A local spinster and acquaintance of the Taylor family.

## Relationships

### [Lucian Taylor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hill_of_dreams_se/characters/lucian_taylor)

_social_

Miss Deacon is a neighbor and acquaintance who interacts with Lucian in the village.

### [Lucian Taylor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hill_of_dreams_se/characters/lucian_taylor)

_social_

Miss Deacon is a neighbor and acquaintance who interacts with Lucian in the village.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hill_of_dreams_se/chapters/i)

A respectable middle-aged cousin who keeps house for the Taylors after Lucian's mother's death. She provides a meal of cold mutton and a cake that fails to rise.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hill_of_dreams_se/chapters/ii)

Miss Deacon contributes to the evening discussion with remarks about writing being unsettling and foolish to entrust property to strangers.

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