# Lady Massey — The Well of Loneliness character guide

> Lady Massey in The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Massey

**First appearance:** 0003-book-i

## Who they are

A society woman who visits Morton and gossips about Stephen.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/chapters/ii)

A delicate, restless woman who befriends Stephen and Mary, mothering them and inviting them for Christmas.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/chapters/iii)

Hosts luncheons and dinners, enjoys receiving flowers, and maintains a warm correspondence with Stephen and Mary.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/chapters/iv)

Sends a tactless, self-pitying letter breaking off the friendship and canceling the Christmas visit due to rumors.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/chapters/iii)

Mentioned by Mary as another figure who shut them out.

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