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Bertha Rheinfeldt
After surviving a carriage accident outside of Laura’s home, Carmilla’s mother leaves her daughter in the care of Laura’s father, claiming that she must continue on an urgent journey and will return for her daughter in three months time. Suspiciously, she emphasizes that Carmilla will give no information about her past or her family. It’s suggested that the carriage accident and urgent journey are both ruses to get Carmilla into Laura’s home.
Carmilla’s Mother Quotes in Carmilla
The Carmilla quotes below are all either spoken by Carmilla’s Mother or refer to Carmilla’s Mother. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 12
Quotes
“At another time I should have told her to wait a little, until, at least, we knew who they were. But I had not a moment to think in. The two ladies assailed me together, and I must confess the refined and beautiful face of the young lady, about which there was something extremely engaging, as well as the elegance and fire of high birth, determined me; and, quite over-powered, I submitted, and undertook, too easily, the care of the young lady, whom her mother called Millarca.”
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Carmilla’s Mother Quotes in Carmilla
The Carmilla quotes below are all either spoken by Carmilla’s Mother or refer to Carmilla’s Mother. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 12
Quotes
“At another time I should have told her to wait a little, until, at least, we knew who they were. But I had not a moment to think in. The two ladies assailed me together, and I must confess the refined and beautiful face of the young lady, about which there was something extremely engaging, as well as the elegance and fire of high birth, determined me; and, quite over-powered, I submitted, and undertook, too easily, the care of the young lady, whom her mother called Millarca.”
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