The Last Chronicle of Barset · Character

Miss Prettyman

The elder Miss Prettyman, who runs a Silverbridge school and employs Grace Crawley, offering her a refuge she cannot bear to keep.

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Also known as Miss Anne Prettyman, Anne, the elder Miss Prettyman

First appearance: Miss Prettyman's Private Room

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The elder Miss Prettyman, who shows great kindness to Grace and her family, offering a home to Grace, her mother, and Jane if needed.

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Miss Anne Prettyman governs her school with the same confidence she brings to correcting her sister's grasp of criminal law, certain that a committed man is not a convicted one. She tries to console Grace with careful truths, but the girl's grief and the servants' gossip outrun her efforts, and she must watch her pupil slip away to a home shadowed by shame and poverty. Her helpless kindness toward Grace makes the Crawley scandal feel intimate rather than abstract, a blow struck at a young woman's daily life.

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Barchester clergy and wives
Crawley family associates

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Grace Crawley
The elder Miss Prettyman, who shows great kindness to Grace and her family, offering a home to Grace, her mother, and Jane if needed.
Miss Prettyman's Private Room
The elder Miss Prettyman, who advises Major Grantly and defends Mr. Crawley's innocence.
Grace Crawley Goes to Allington
Miss Prettyman informs Grace of the committal and provides money and a new frock for her journey.
Major Grantly Consults a Friend
Sends a note to Major Grantly informing him of Grace's departure to Allington, showing her discreet support.

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