# Old Lucy Wyat — Uncle Silas character guide

> Old Lucy Wyat in Uncle Silas by J. Sheridan Le Fanu.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** old Wyat, Wyat, Old Wyat, sour old Wyat, Neither old Wyat, Dame Wyat, old Wyat—she

**First appearance:** 0033-volume-i-xxxi-bartram-haugh

## Snapshot

A sour, resentful old servant who tends Uncle Silas's chambers and guards his door with grudging silence and a lifetime of grievance.

## Who they are

Wyat is the gaunt, unfriendly presence who summons Maud to her uncle's rooms and shuts the door behind her with grim satisfaction. Her bitterness seems personal, rooted in some old injury connected to the household, and her loyalty to Silas is laced with something closer to fear than devotion. As keeper of the threshold between Maud and her guardian, she embodies the closed, watchful atmosphere of Bartram-Haugh.

## In the story

### [News at Bartram Gate](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_silas_se/chapters/volume-ii-viii-news-at-bartram-gate)

Referred to as L'Amour; provided information about Mr. Carysbroke to Milly.

### [XVI: Sarah Matilda Comes to Light](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_silas_se/chapters/volume-ii-xvi-sarah-matilda-comes-to-light)

Old Wyat is summoned by Uncle Silas to fetch Dudley, acting as a servant who hovers about the rooms and carries out orders.

### [XXIV: A Sudden Departure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_silas_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxiv-a-sudden-departure)

Old Wyat delivers the order for Maud to dress for a journey and later escorts her into Uncle Silas's room.

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