# Mei-tan-fu — The Painted Veil character guide

> Mei-tan-fu in The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mei

**First appearance:** 0030-xxviii

## Who they are

The plague-stricken Chinese city where Walter and Kitty relocate.

## In the story

### [LVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_painted_veil_se/chapters/lviii)

The Manchu woman, Waddington's mistress, is described as an idol-like figure with elegant hands and a painted face, embodying the mysterious East.

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