The Story of the Treasure Seekers · Character
Eliza
The Bastables' put-upon maid, whose exasperation with six unsupervised children is a running background hum of the household.
supporting
First appearance: the story of the treasure seekers
As a supporting figure in The Story of the Treasure Seekers, Eliza is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Prepares lunch for the children and encourages them to go to the park.
Eliza keeps the Lewisham Road house running while the Bastables scheme, dig, and disappear on treasure hunts, and her gossip about neighbours like the family off to Scarborough feeds the children's detective ambitions. She is the adult world's weary counterweight to their imaginative chaos, always on the verge of being scandalised by whatever the children do next. Her presence grounds the fallen-fortunes household in ordinary domestic reality.
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- Other
Character groups
- Bastable Family Circle
- Protagonist
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This moment is the story's dramatic climax because it represents the peak of the children's anxiety and desper…
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