In a letter discovered in 2007, this character's creator asked Dr. Francis Kinnicutt's medical advice on behalf of a friend, before revealing the information was for writing this character. She plays the part of Joshua Reynolds' Mrs. Lloyd in a tableau vivant, a live staging of famous paintings. This character is thrilled to be invited on a European cruise, although she realizes she has only been invited to distract her friend's husband from the friend's affair with (*) 
In a letter discovered in 2007, this character's creator asked Dr. Francis Kinnicutt's medical advice on behalf of a friend, before revealing the information was for writing this character. She plays the part of Joshua Reynolds' Mrs. Lloyd in a tableau vivant, a live staging of famous paintings. This character is thrilled to be invited on a European cruise, although she realizes she has only been invited to distract her friend's husband from the friend's affair with (*) Ned Silverton. After losing her job as a milliner, she finally receives her ten thousand dollar inheritance and writes checks to her bank and to Gus Treanor. Readers have long debated whether her death is an accident or a suicide, as she has trouble sleeping and overdoses on chloral. For 10 points, name this protagonist of Edith Wharton's novel The House of Mirth
In a letter discovered in 2007, this character's creator asked Dr. Francis Kinnicutt's medical advice on behalf of a friend, before revealing the information was for writing this character.