# Mathilda Haydon — Three Lives character guide

> Mathilda Haydon in Three Lives by Gertrude Stein.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mathilda

**First appearance:** 0002-the-good-anna

## Who they are

Anna's cousin, a dull, fat girl who comes to live with her.

## Relationships

### [Lena Mainz](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/three_lives_se/characters/lena_mainz)

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Mathilda is Lena's close friend and confidante, sharing in her quiet domestic life and offering companionship.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/three_lives_se/chapters/i)

Miss Mathilda, Anna's employer, a large, cheerful but faint-hearted woman who struggles to scold servants and often feels like a rebel against Anna's strictness.

### [III: The Death of the Good Anna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/three_lives_se/chapters/iii-the-death-of-the-good-anna)

Miss Mathilda has left Bridgepoint; Anna longs for her return and keeps her things in order.

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