Chapter 9+10
This former maid brings Lily a packet of letters written by Bertha Dorset to Lawrence Selden.
Mrs. Haffen
Why prompts Grace to gossip about Lily to Mrs. Peniston?
Lily manages to deny Grace an invitation to one of Mrs. Peniston's big dinner parties.
Lily is sent two letters when she wakes up. Who are they from?
Seldon and Mrs. Tenor
What is the debt amount Lily owes to Trenor?
9,000
Lily realizes she cannot rely on this man's generosity, who had previously offered her help.
Gus Trenor
Why does Lily originally buy the letters?
To protect Seldens' reputation
Who doubled his fortune after the Wall Street crash and sees Lily as a marriage prospect
Simon Rosedale
This character spreads gossip about Lily that begins to tarnish her reputation in high society.
Bertha Dorset
How much money does Mrs. Peniston give Lily?
1,000 to pay for a dressmaking bill
Where does Lily go after leaving Mr. Trenor's house in Chapter 13?
Gerty Farish's house
What information prompts Lily to use the letters as blackmail?
Hearing that Bertha arranged Evie Van Osburgh’s marriage to Gryce
Lily tells Selden to do this, showing both affection and hesitation.
“Love me—but don’t tell me so”
As she departs Trenors place, Lily realizes that she is terrified of what? (Which is evident to her now because she has "no heart to lean on" in this time of distress.)
Her own loneliness
Instead of Seldon, who arrives with a marriage proposal?
Rosedale
What two opposing forces do the letters symbolize within Lily's moral conflict
self-interest and integrity
manipulation and compassion
Who suprisingly visits Lily in her home in chapter 10?
Mr. Rosedale
What does Mrs.Peniston believe to be synonymous with "fast" girls
Immorality
True or False-- Gerty views Seldon in a romantic light.
True (even though they are cousins)...
Why does Selden never show at Lily's?
He got on a boat to Havana and the West Indies
This is the word from chapter 11 that Grace uses to describe Lily and, Mrs. Peniston can't believe it
Conspicuous
" Mrs. Fisher is coming, and I've secured a tremendous admirer of yours, who'll never forgive me if you don't accept" - who is this about?
Gus Trenor
Where does Selden take Lily at the end of chapter 12?
the garden
The Dorset's behavior highlights what reoccurring social theme?
Hypocrisy and Superficiality
What does Rosedale want to spend his new fortune on?
A wife
This reoccurring motif of beauty and dress highlights Lily's attempt to maintain power and influence.
Appearance as social currency