Louisa Thistleby
Beatrice's sister, with a plum-coloured hat and another attempt at the little boat game in mind.
Look closer at the illustration ↗Louisa finds the boat game in the seaside arcade while Beatrice is buying postcards. By supper she has put on her hat before finishing her pudding: she intends to bring the little blue boat into its painted harbour.
The wheel takes practice. Louisa learns that its movement reaches the boat a little later than she expects, then offers Beatrice one of the remaining pennies. There is time for the boats and for the musicians her sister wants to hear.
At the Copper Dormouse, after a journey interrupted by snow, it is Louisa's turn to choose a bed. She takes the window so she can see the orchard in the morning, and leaves the warmer place by the fire for Beatrice.
People they know
Beatrice beside the window on the sisters’ seaside holiday. Beatrice Thistleby
Her sister
Beatrice and Louisa travel together. At the seaside they make time for the boat game and the musicians; afterwards they take turns over choices.
Dorothea · From the illustrated world of Candlebury Dorothea
Her host at the Copper Dormouse
Dorothea welcomes the sisters when their train stops in the snow and gives them the big side bedroom.
Tobias Tallowick · From the illustrated world of Candlebury Tobias Tallowick
Her sleeper attendant
Tobias brings the sisters from the snowbound sleeper to the Copper Dormouse.
Places in their stories
By the sea
The Thistleby sisters’ promenade, with time to look out over the water.
The Copper Dormouse
Dorothea’s inn, a little beyond the green at Little Tallowmere.
Stories
The Thistleby Sisters’ Seaside Holiday
Beatrice and Louisa Thistleby take a holiday by the sea, with a promenade to walk and a little boat to try.
With Beatrice Thistleby, Louisa Thistleby
Snowed In at the Copper Dormouse
Dorothea means to close the inn for a week and paint. The snow has other plans for her household.
With Dorothea, Beatrice Thistleby, Louisa Thistleby, Tobias Tallowick