# Mrs. Lupex — The Small House at Allington character guide

> Mrs. Lupex in The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Lupex, Mrs. Lupex

**First appearance:** 0009-x-mrs-lupex-and-amelia-roper

## Snapshot

A theatrical, sharp-tongued boardinghouse wife whose charm and cruelty keep every room she enters tense with possibility.

## Who they are

Mrs. Lupex holds court in Mrs. Roper's Burton Crescent drawing-room, where her morning negligence and evening finery alternately fascinate and repel the other lodgers. She torments her husband with a relish that seems almost involuntary, and her flirtation with young Cradell threatens to become a scandal. She matters because she turns the boardinghouse into a stage where the novel's London subplot of ambition, jealousy, and small-scale vice plays out.

## In the story

### [X: Mrs. Lupex and Amelia Roper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_house_at_allington_se/chapters/x-mrs-lupex-and-amelia-roper)

Described as a troublesome and unamiable woman who torments those around her, particularly her husband, and is at the center of the domestic turmoil.

### [Social Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_house_at_allington_se/chapters/xi-social-life)

She reconciles with her husband but continues to manipulate Cradell, engaging in a bitter fight with Amelia Roper.

### [John Eames Returns to Burton Crescent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_house_at_allington_se/chapters/xxix-john-eames-returns-to-burton-crescent)

Causes turmoil in the household; Cradell has lent her money and she is involved in scenes with her husband.

### [Domestic Troubles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_house_at_allington_se/chapters/xli-domestic-troubles)

Returns after a day trip to Hampton Court, causing further turmoil; her husband had believed she fled.

### [The New Private Secretary](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_house_at_allington_se/chapters/xlvii-the-new-private-secretary)

Jealous of Amelia's attention to Cradell; congratulates Eames on his appointment with enthusiasm.

### [The New Private Secretary](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_house_at_allington_se/chapters/xlvii-the-new-private-secretary)

Drinks with the young men and laments his own lack of success in life; offers Eames a dirty hand in congratulations.

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