Mrs Pearstock

In the novel The Hollow, Mrs Pearstock from Tottenham is one of Dr Christow's patients. Like another patient, Mrs Forrester, Mrs Pearstock was yet another of those rich patients who were always imagining they are ill. Mrs Pearstock was signed on to five different clinics and came to see Dr Christow at least once a week, always taking away some bottles of medicine. the truth was Mrs Pearstock was in good health but at leasts the medicines she took wouldn't do her any harm.