Miss Kilman
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Elizabeth Dalloway
Quote 4
She was about to split asunder, she felt. The agony was so terrific. If she could grasp her, if she could clasp her, if she could make her hers absolutely and forever and then die; that was all she wanted. But to sit here, unable to think of anything to say; to see Elizabeth turning against her; to be felt repulsive even by her – it was too much; she could not stand it. The thick fingers curled inwards. (5.71)
Miss Kilman’s love for Elizabeth is very possessive and desperate. She knows that the harder she tries, the more she’ll drive Elizabeth away.