The Infirmary Lady
Character
Also appears as: Infirmary Lady
Large, oracular woman of the Infirmary and public house. Supplies intelligence concerning Hawksmoor with the gravity of a sibyl and the embonpoint of a minor deity.
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From the books (2 passages)
The Infirmary Lady fetched from her embonpoint a great sigh.
…the company of two witches or mythical sisters, also perched atop chemical drums, these being none other than the Infirmary Lady and Medusa, the Gorgon guardian of Club Autonomie, the former stolidly listening whilom the latter did inveigh most bitterly against the pharmaceutical undertakings of Mr Francis MacMahon et al.