Felix’s landlady when he moves to the rural cottage. A brusque but discreet woman, she protects Felix’s privacy and provides him with electricity and wood for his stove in exchange for punctual rent payments. At the end of the novel, she and her family suddenly abandon the area, just as Felix is thinking about moving out of the cottage. Felix often compares her to one of the elemental spirits in
The Tempest, who exist only so long as the protagonist, Prospero, needs them.