▁and ▁eager ▁to ▁find ▁a ▁husband . ▁She ▁falls ▁in ▁love ▁with ▁Nicholas ▁until ▁he ▁bl unt ly ▁re buff s ▁her ▁aff e ctions , ▁which ▁causes ▁her ▁to ▁ant agon ise ▁him ▁passion ately ▁and ▁open ly . ▁T ilda ▁Price ▁is ▁her ▁best ▁friend ▁but ▁the ▁relationship ▁is ▁stra ined ▁by ▁F anny ' s ▁pride ▁and ▁spite ful ness . ▁She ▁is ▁ha ug ht y , ▁self - important ▁and ▁is ▁del ud ed ▁about ▁her ▁beauty ▁and ▁station . ▁Young ▁W ack ford ▁S que ers : ▁The ▁S que ers ' ▁l out ish ▁son . ▁His ▁parents ▁d ote ▁on ▁him ▁and ▁he ▁is ▁very ▁fat ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁their ▁spo iling ▁him . ▁He ▁is ▁pre occup ied ▁with ▁filling ▁his ▁bel ly ▁as ▁often ▁as ▁he ▁can ▁and ▁bul lying ▁his ▁father ' s ▁boys , ▁to ▁his ▁father ' s ▁great ▁pride . ▁When ▁the ▁boys ▁revol t , ▁they ▁dip ▁his ▁head ▁several ▁times ▁in ▁a ▁bow l ▁of ▁the ▁dis g ust ing ▁" br im stone " ▁( s ul ph ur ) ▁and ▁tre acle ▁" rem edy " ▁( act ually ▁an ▁app et ite ▁suppress ant ) ▁they ▁are ▁regularly ▁force - f ed ▁on ▁pain ▁of ▁pun ishment . ▁John ▁Brow die : ▁A ▁bl uff ▁York shire ▁corn ▁merchant , ▁with ▁a ▁loud , ▁bo ister ous ▁sense ▁of ▁hum our . ▁At ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁the ▁novel ▁he ▁is ▁engaged ▁to ▁T