# Dear One — The House on the Borderland character guide

> Dear One in The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0003-the-house-on-the-borderland

## Who they are

A term of endearment used by the narrator, possibly for Mary.

## In the story

### [The House on the Borderland](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_borderland_se/chapters/the-house-on-the-borderland)

The recluse's lost love, reunited with him at the end.

### [XIV: The Sea of Sleep](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_borderland_se/chapters/xiv-the-sea-of-sleep)

The narrator's lost love appears to him on the Sea of Sleep, warning him about the house.

### [The Fragments](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_borderland_se/chapters/the-fragments)

Mentioned as the beloved from whom the narrator parted in tears.

### [XX: The Celestial Globes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_borderland_se/chapters/xx-the-celestial-globes)

The narrator's lost love appears to him in the vision, and they embrace and speak, bringing him profound joy.

### [XXI: The Dark Sun](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_borderland_se/chapters/xxi-the-dark-sun)

Appears on the Sea of Sleep, grows wan and unreal, and departs as the Sun of Darkness eclipses the White Orb.

### [Grief](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_borderland_se/chapters/grief)

The lost loved one whose absence is the source of the narrator's anguish.

## Links

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- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_borderland_se/characters