The Three Impostors · Character
Miss Lally
A woman who appears in the incident of the private bar.
minor
First appearance: incident of the private bar
Miss Lally's tie to Professor Gregg is one of the pressures that moves The Three Impostors—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Narrates her own history of poverty and her mother's death, then reads Professor Gregg's manuscript.
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With Professor Gregg (psychological): Miss Lally is manipulated and obsessed over by Professor Gregg, who sees her as a key figure in his occult schemes. With Professor Gregg (psychological): Miss Lally is manipulated…
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Relationship types
- Psychological
- Other
Character groups
- Cradock family and associates
- Protagonist
- Strange maladies and missing brother
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- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
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- Professor Gregg
psychological · negative
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- Professor Gregg
psychological · negative
Miss Lally is manipulated and obsessed over by Professor Gregg, who sees her as a key… How this plays out →
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