Mrs Lupton

In the novel Postern of Fate, Mrs Lupton is an elderly woman living in Hollowquay. She walks with two sticks. Tuppence met when she came to deliver a brass lamp for the local white elephant sale.

In conversation with the vicar and Mrs Lupton, Tuppence manoeuvred the topic to he "Parkinsons", there being many Parkinsons in the locality. Mrs Lupton said she knew one Mrs Parkinson who lived at the Manor House and was thus unlikely to the Parkinsons who were linked to the Mary Jordan mystery. As Mrs Lupton is linked to the local children's hospital, Tuppence also offered to donate some old children's books. She declined them as someone had donated special editions for children and she did not think the children would like to read old-fashioned books.