Uneasy Money · Character

Lady Pauline Wetherby

A scheming society hostess with a menagerie of pets, determined to marry Claire off to a thirty-million-dollar automobile manufacturer.

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Also known as Pauline, Lady Wetherby, Lady Pauline Wetherby, Pauline Wetherby

First appearance: uneasy money

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Writes a long letter to Claire from America, describing her marital troubles with Algie over her pet snake and monkey, and urges Claire to come stay with her, having paid for her…

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Lady Wetherby arranges for Claire and Dudley Pickering to share a ship, then works the drawing-room piano and moonlight to push them together. She is frank about the appeal of thirty millions and cheerfully admits to scheming, treating matchmaking as a practical art. Her rented summer home near Flack's—and her escaped monkey Eustace—draws the English and American strands of the plot into the same neighborhood.

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Central romantic entanglements
Nutcombe fortune and estate
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III
Writes a long letter to Claire from America, describing her marital troubles with Algie over her pet snake and monkey, and urges Claire to come stay with her, having paid for her passage.
VII
Claire's friend and hostess in New York. She performs a classical dance called 'The Dream of Psyche' at the restaurant, which resembles a boxing match more than a ballet.
The Moonlight Proposal
Hosts the summer party at her rented Long Island estate; plays piano softly during the pivotal moonlit scene.
XIII
Writing letters, happy about Claire's engagement, and dealing with Eustace's mischief.
XV
Receives Bill warmly and inadvertently reveals Claire's engagement. Later, she listens to Claire's confession about her past engagement to Bill.
Chapter XVI
Referenced as the source of the news about Claire's engagement and as the person publicizing the missing monkey, leading to the press invasion.
XVIII
Discovers Eustace's body and accuses Dudley with a menacing demeanor.

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