Character Showcase - Mrs. Hopper

Well, I suppose I must begin by telling you that Mrs. Hopper declined to be interviewed for her character showcase. She is most put out by the portrayal of her character in the book SLOWLY RISING and threatens to take steps to halt publication before Wednesday, August 29th. As she says, she does not stand for tomfoolery of this nature and she has a reputation to protect. She has been made to look like a buffoon.

 

But since we stand by our version of events, we intend to continue as planned and give you a little insight into the "housekeeper" who comes to manage the vicar's household after the death of his wife.

 

Agnes Hopper is a widow from Monk's Cross - the nearest market town to the much smaller village of Slowly Fell. She dresses with a style and elegance that seems out of place for a housekeeper and especially raises eyebrows in her new village. Agnes Hopper, so they say, "is no better than she should be."

 

Her curiosity piqued by this remark, Mrs. Sarah Wilding, the mistress of Slowly Rising manor house decides she had better take a look at Mrs. Hopper and she brings along her new lady's maid for the visit. Both women will soon have formed their own opinions about the vicar's housekeeper and neither are very flattering.

 

"She's not much acquainted with a feather duster," says the lady's maid. Mrs. Hopper has far too many frills on her sleeves. For a newcomer, she is also a little too forceful with her opinions and comfortable playing the less-than-gracious hostess in a house that is not her own. Yet.

 

But Mrs. Hopper has not come to Slowly Fell simply to work as a housekeeper. She has other talents— or so she believes. Having heard of the haunted house that overlooks the village, she plans to investigate and put a stop to the rowdiness of those spirits left to run amok within the walls of Slowly Rising. After all, she knows how to communicate with "lost souls" and has talked to her husband every day since he died.

 

As Mrs. Wilding's lady's maid remarks, poor Mr. Hopper. He still cannot get away from his wife, or finish a sentence. Even in death.

 

Can Agnes Hopper rout the "undead" of Slowly Rising? Or will she find herself in over her proudly feathered hat?

 

Find out soon! SLOWLY RISING available August 29th, 2018. (If Mrs. Hopper, who knows more about everything than anybody who ever lived, is not able to get it stopped first).

 

Happy reading!

 

JF

 

 

(Image used here: Woman Before Rising Sun by Caspar David Friedrich C. 1818)