Plumleigh-Teignmott (Bontwee), Dimity

Dimity Ann Plumleigh-Teignmott is Sophronia's roommate and best friend.

Appearance

Dimity is Caucasian, with masses of honey colored curls and honey brown eyes. Dimity is a little younger than Sophronia, approximately 13 in the first book, with a round porcelain face. Dimity wears an excess of cheap shiny jewelry and bright colors that make her "look quite the scandal, as if she were in training to be a lady of the night."

Personality

A bright eyed and lively girl who loves to prattle, much to the dismay of her brother Pillover. Her biggest weakness is that she faints at the sight of blood. She also does not really wish to be more than a lady and married, which is at odds with her lessons at Mademoiselle Geraldine's. She is, however, surprisingly adept at stealth and deceit, but it is the danger of intelligencer life that she objects to.

She and her brother are disappointments to their evil parents due to this shared lack of evil intentions.

History

Dimity was born on February 2, 1838. She is a human girl who lived in the English countryside prior to attending Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing School.

Pillover Plumleigh-Teignmott is Dimity's brother. He is younger than her by a few years.

Dimity is unique at the Finishing School, in that her mother is a "Kitchen Chemist with Questionable Intent," a graduate of Mademoiselle Geraldine's, and her father is a founding member of the Death Weasel Confederacy and a graduate of Bunson's. Marriage between students of the two schools is "not done." The Plumleigh-Teignmott parents are both inventors and their activities cause a lot of trouble for their children.

In the books

Etiquette & Espionage

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Curtsies & Conspiracies

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Waistcoats & Weaponry

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Manners & Mutiny

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Quotes

• “Really, Sophronia, it makes me most uncomfortable how you manage to sort everything out every time I faint.” (Etiquette & Espionage, Lesson Seven)
• "I'd rather be loyal than right." (Curtsies & Conspiracies, The 6th Test)
• "'I thought you were no longer tempted to partake.' 'I wasn't, until Preshea came along and stole him away from me.' 'Dimity!' 'Well, it's true. I'm a terribly, terribly shallow person.' Pillover nodded into this gruel." (Curtsies & Conspiracies, The 7th Test)
• "Unless Sophronia missed her guess, the poor lad was already developing romantic feelings toward her friend. Many of the sooties probably were. Dimity was so pretty and chattery, she quite overpowered the average male. Many gentleman were unable to cope with abundant chatter, which is why they so often married it." (Curtsies & Conspiracies, The 8th Test)
• “All the best geniuses are evil.” (Curtsies & Conspiracies, The 11th Test)
• "Dimity was not to be swayed out of disapproval when she felt it might exercise her creativity.” (Waistcoats & Weaponry, Session One)
• “As much as she was enjoying it, Dimity would always rather talk about reading than actually read.” (Manners & Mutiny, Crisis Four)
• "We're a team,' protested Dimity, 'like tea and milk, or cake and custard, or pork and apple." (Manners & Mutiny, Crisis Eleven)