# Halliday — Women in Love character guide

> Halliday in Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0005-vi-cr-me-de-menthe

## Who they are

A bohemian acquaintance of Birkin and Gerald in London.

## Relationships

### [Ursula Brangwen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_in_love_se/characters/ursula_brangwen)

_social_

Acquaintances in the London bohemian scene, with Halliday's erratic behavior unsettling Ursula.

### [Pussum](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_in_love_se/characters/pussum)

_romantic_

A volatile, co-dependent relationship marked by cruelty and possessiveness.

### [Rupert Birkin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_in_love_se/characters/rupert_birkin)

_friendship_

Former friends with a strained, resentful dynamic after Birkin rejects their bohemian lifestyle.

### [Gudrun Brangwen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_in_love_se/characters/gudrun_brangwen)

_social_

Casual, dismissive acquaintance within the bohemian circle.

### [Rupert Birkin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_in_love_se/characters/rupert_birkin)

_friendship_

Former friends with a strained, resentful dynamic after Birkin rejects their bohemian lifestyle.

### [Pussum](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_in_love_se/characters/pussum)

_romantic_

A volatile, co-dependent relationship marked by cruelty and possessiveness.

### [Pussum](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_in_love_se/characters/pussum)

_romantic_

A volatile, co-dependent relationship marked by cruelty and possessiveness.

### [Ursula Brangwen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_in_love_se/characters/ursula_brangwen)

_social_

Acquaintances in the London bohemian scene, with Halliday's erratic behavior unsettling Ursula.

### [Ursula Brangwen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_in_love_se/characters/ursula_brangwen)

_social_

Acquaintances in the London bohemian scene, with Halliday's erratic behavior unsettling Ursula.

### [Gudrun Brangwen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_in_love_se/characters/gudrun_brangwen)

_social_

Casual, dismissive acquaintance within the bohemian circle.

### [Rupert Birkin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_in_love_se/characters/rupert_birkin)

_friendship_

Former friends with a strained, resentful dynamic after Birkin rejects their bohemian lifestyle.

## In the story

### [VI: Crème de Menthe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_in_love_se/chapters/vi-cr-me-de-menthe)

Halliday is the Pussum's lover, a weak, hysterical man who both fears and is drawn to her. He reacts with panic and jealousy upon seeing her at the café.

### [VII: Fetish](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_in_love_se/chapters/vii-fetish)

Stark naked by the fire, praises nudity and sensation, turns hostile toward Gerald, and is targeted by the Pussum for marriage.

### [Gudrun in the Pompadour](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_in_love_se/chapters/xxviii-gudrun-in-the-pompadour)

Reads aloud Birkin's letter about corruption and destruction, mocking its content with his group at the café.

## Links

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