The Portent · Character
Lord Hilton
A country nobleman and Alice's guardian, whose household and motives shadow the narrator's arrival and whose authority Alice quietly defies.
supporting
Also known as A certain Lord Hilton, young Lord Hilton
First appearance: iv hilton hall
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Lord Hilton is the English nobleman who offers Duncan the tutoring position.
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Lord Hilton offers the narrator his first post as tutor, a position that places Duncan inside a family already tangled in old alliances and unspoken wrongs. As Alice's guardian, he holds power over her fortune and her…
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- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- III: My Old Nurse's Story
- VI: My Quarters
- The Library
- XIII: Questioning
- The Clanking Shoe
- Escape
- XXVII: Freedom
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