# Betsey Kling — Wired Love character guide

> Betsey Kling in Wired Love by Ella Cheever Thayer.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Miss Kling, Miss Betsey Kling, Kling

**First appearance:** 0004-ii-at-the-hotel-norman

## Who they are

A boarding-house landlady with a nose for scandal and a calculating eye on the widowed Mr. Fishblate, she misses nothing that happens under her roof.

## In the story

### [I: Sounds from a Distant "C"](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wired_love_se/chapters/i-sounds-from-a-distant-c)

The owner of the inquisitive nose who repeatedly interrupts Nattie with questions about telegraphy, causing Nattie to spill ink and become frustrated.

### [II: At the Hotel Norman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wired_love_se/chapters/ii-at-the-hotel-norman)

Genteel spinster and landlady; gossips about neighbors and spies on their affairs; admires Mr. Fishblate.

### [III: Visible and Invisible Friends](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wired_love_se/chapters/iii-visible-and-invisible-friends)

Miss Kling remarks disapprovingly about Miss Archer's three trunks.

### [Neighborly Calls](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wired_love_se/chapters/iv-neighborly-calls)

Gossips about Miss Archer with Mrs. Simonson and Celeste, distrustful of public performers.

### [VI: Collapse of the Romance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wired_love_se/chapters/vi-collapse-of-the-romance)

Miss Kling is referenced as someone who would have been shocked by C's familiar address on the wire.

### [Goodbye](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wired_love_se/chapters/vii-goodbye)

Notices Nattie's long face and takes grim satisfaction in her unhappiness, disapproving of Nattie seeking out Cyn to confide.

### [VIII: The Feast](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wired_love_se/chapters/viii-the-feast)

Mentioned as a potential snoop; is napping during the dish retrieval, so does not discover the feast preparations.

### [XI: Miss Kling Telegraphically Baffled](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wired_love_se/chapters/xi-miss-kling-telegraphically-baffled)

Miss Kling is uneasy and suspicious, trying to pump Mrs. Simonson, Celeste, and Quimby about Clem and the social gatherings, but is baffled at every turn.

### [XII: Crosses on the Line](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wired_love_se/chapters/xii-crosses-on-the-line)

Maliciously tells Nattie that Clem and Miss Archer are engaged, deepening Nattie's despair.

### [XVI: O. K.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wired_love_se/chapters/xvi-o-k)

Miss Kling discovers the private wire and confronts Nattie, accusing her of immoral conduct.

## Links

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