- "Kilman her enemy. That was satisfying; that was real. Ah, how she hated her - hot, hypocritical, corrupt; with all that power; Elizabeth's seducer; the woman who had crept in to steal and defile." (p. 174-175)
Clarissa has built up anger towards Mrs. Kilman, as Clarissa feels that the relationship between her and her daughter, Elizabeth, is rather questionable. Virginia Woolf creates an intimate relationship between Mrs. Kilman and Elizabeth as Mrs. Kilman adores the young girl. To the reader, the relationship appears very innappropriate, yet it seems strange that Clarissa has never tried to end her daughters communication with Mrs. Kilman. Virginia Woolf creates this ironic intimacy for Elizabeth (although she shows no signs of attraction towards Mrs. Kilman), as her mother experienced similar relations with Sally Seton.
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