# Tip — The House on the Borderland character guide

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

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** its

**First appearance:** 0009-vi-the-swine-things

## Who they are

A small creature or entity mentioned briefly in the narrative.

## In the story

### [XXIV: The Footsteps in the Garden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_on_the_borderland_se/chapters/xxiv-the-footsteps-in-the-garden)

The sister's pet cat; seen on the windowsill, it backs away in terror and then bursts into green flame from a ghostly hand.

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