Beatrice Thistleby
Louisa's sister, a pianist, and an attentive listener even when the musicians are still trying things.
Look closer at the illustration ↗Beatrice travels with her sister Louisa. She is the taller of the two, with silver hair and spectacles. At the seaside she buys postcards and wants to hear the musicians rehearsing in the pavilion after supper.
Louisa's little boat game is on the way. Beatrice watches her sister steer, keeps one suggestion to herself, and then takes a turn at the wheel. It is rather different when the harbour entrance is something she must steer towards herself.
When snow brings them to the Copper Dormouse, Louisa chooses the bed by the window and gives Beatrice the one by the fire, because her feet are always cold. They have been taking turns since their seaside holiday.
People they know
Louisa in her plum hat on the sisters’ seaside holiday. Louisa 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