# Miss Maitland — The Way of All Flesh character guide

> Miss Maitland in The Way of All Flesh by Samuel Butler.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0033-xxxi

## Who they are

A young woman admired by Ernest.

## In the story

### [LX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_way_of_all_flesh_se/chapters/lx)

Another prostitute in the house; Ernest attempts to see her after being humiliated by Towneley.

### [LXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_way_of_all_flesh_se/chapters/lxi)

The woman Ernest assaulted; she did not initially intend to press charges but was coerced by a policeman; her father refuses to intercede.

### [LXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_way_of_all_flesh_se/chapters/lxiii)

Miss Maitland is the woman whose accusations led to Ernest's legal trouble; the narrator suggests the incident was exaggerated.

### [LXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_way_of_all_flesh_se/chapters/lxiv)

Ernest feels sorry for Miss Maitland as part of the consequences of his actions.

### [LXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_way_of_all_flesh_se/chapters/lxviii)

Referenced as an example of someone living happily in a garret at three shillings a week.

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