# Pussum — Women in Love character guide

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

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Hallo Pussum, The Pussum, the Pussum, A Pussum

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

## Who they are

A young woman in Halliday's circle, involved with Gerald briefly.

## Relationships

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

_social_

Casual acquaintances within the bohemian social set, marked by mutual wariness.

### [Halliday](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_in_love_se/characters/halliday)

_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_

Casual acquaintances within the bohemian social set, marked by mutual wariness.

### [Halliday](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_in_love_se/characters/halliday)

_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_

Casual acquaintances within the bohemian social set, marked by mutual wariness.

### [Halliday](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_in_love_se/characters/halliday)

_romantic_

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

## In the story

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

The Pussum is a young artist's model with a sullen, defiant demeanor. She is pregnant and in a tumultuous relationship with Halliday, and she captivates Gerald with her dark, sensual presence.

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

Lifeless and mute at breakfast, becomes hard and cold like a flint knife, intent on capturing Halliday and marrying him.

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

Approaches Gerald at the café, asks about Birkin's marriage, and later participates in mocking Birkin's letter.

## Links

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