# Miss Hartnell — The Murder at the Vicarage character guide

> Miss Hartnell in The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Hartnell

**First appearance:** 0001-the-murder-at-the-vicarage

## Who they are

A village spinster and gossip.

## In the story

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

Bluntly comments on the age difference between Dr. Stone and Miss Cram; calls the situation 'disgusting'.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/iii)

Pounces on the narrator outside Mrs. Lestrange's house, eager for gossip.

### [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/xxv)

Visits the narrator; claims Mrs. Lestrange was not at home when she called around six o'clock; admits to peering in windows.

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