Em Scott’s Sister Character Analysis

Em’s unnamed sister greets Laura upon her arrival at Scott’s house. Laura is terrified, both of the poor people who live in the cottages but also of how out-of-place she looks in her party clothes, but Em’s sister nevertheless insists that she come in. Even though Laura insists she wants to leave, Em’s sister brings her to Em and then to Scott’s body. Her leading questions recall Mrs. Sheridan’s, but her hospitality and comforting lines to Laura draw out the contrast between Mrs. Sheridan’s maternal style and the lower-class warmth that cook and Em’s sister exemplify.