# Miss Pinnegar — The Lost Girl character guide

> Miss Pinnegar in The Lost Girl by D. H. Lawrence.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Pinnegar

**First appearance:** 0000-i-the-decline-of-manchester-house

## Who they are

A spinster and employee at Manchester House, later a companion to Alvina.

## In the story

### [III: The Maternity Nurse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_girl_se/chapters/iii-the-maternity-nurse)

Offers cryptic support for Alvina's plan to become a maternity nurse.

### [Two Women Die](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_girl_se/chapters/iv-two-women-die)

Alvina strikes up an odd friendship with her, appreciating her quiet, unspoken wisdom.

### [The Beau](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_girl_se/chapters/v-the-beau)

Miss Pinnegar approves of Albert Witham, finding him pleasant and intelligent, and is displeased with Alvina's avoidance of him.

### [Houghton's Last Endeavour](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_girl_se/chapters/vi-houghton-s-last-endeavour)

Grows grey and elderly, disapproves of the theatre scheme, and attends the opening night in a state of bewildered distress.

### [VII: Natcha-Kee-Tawara](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_girl_se/chapters/vii-natcha-kee-tawara)

Miss Pinnegar criticizes live performances, favoring cinema, and argues with Alvina about the troupe's value.

### [Alvina Becomes Allaye](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_girl_se/chapters/ix-alvina-becomes-allaye)

Judicious and aloof, she warns that the Endeavour venture is wrong from the start and that James has gone against his own nature.

### [X: The Fall of Manchester House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_girl_se/chapters/x-the-fall-of-manchester-house)

Miss Pinnegar is mentioned as having decided to open a small business in Tamworth, indicating her departure from Alvina's household.

### [XVI: Suspense](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_girl_se/chapters/xvi-suspense)

Writes a letter to Alvina full of war and fear and anxiety.

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