# Sillikens — The Trail of the Serpent character guide

> Sillikens in The Trail of the Serpent by M. E. Braddon.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-i-the-good-schoolmaster

## Who they are

A servant or minor functionary.

## In the story

### [Like and Unlike](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_trail_of_the_serpent_se/chapters/ii-like-and-unlike)

Jim's devoted partner; works at a factory and cares for him selflessly.

### [Midnight by the Slopperton Clocks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_trail_of_the_serpent_se/chapters/v-midnight-by-the-slopperton-clocks)

A girl from Blind Peter who tends to her sick lover Jim and later sees a familiar figure fleeing in the storm.

### [VII: The Golden Secret Is Told, and the Golden Bowl Is Broken](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_trail_of_the_serpent_se/chapters/vii-the-golden-secret-is-told-and-the-golden-bowl-is-broken)

The old woman's companion, present during the revelation and death scene.

## Links

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