older ed . ▁A ▁yellow ▁scar f ▁hung ▁lo os ely ▁around ▁her ▁neck . ▁Her ▁sh ap eless ▁dress ▁was ▁fl aming ▁red . ▁For ▁all ▁the ▁straight ness ▁of ▁her ▁back , ▁she ▁walked ▁with ▁a ▁sl ouch . ▁ ▁C ora ▁and ▁Clar ice ▁Gro an : ▁Tit us ' s ▁a un ts ▁( s ister s ▁of ▁Sep ul ch ra ve ), ▁a ▁pair ▁of ▁identical ▁tw ins . ▁Both ▁suffered ▁from ▁sp as ms ▁in ▁their ▁youth , ▁so ▁the ▁left - hand ▁sides ▁of ▁their ▁bodies ▁are ▁par al yz ed . ▁They ▁have ▁virt ually ▁the ▁same ▁personal ities ▁and ▁neither ▁of ▁them ▁is ▁intellig ent   — ▁they ▁are ▁perhaps ▁even ▁intellect ually ▁disabled   — ▁although ▁C ora ▁bel ieves ▁that ▁she ▁is ▁slightly ▁clever er ▁than ▁Clar ice . ▁During ▁the ▁family ▁breakfast , ▁the ▁narr ator ▁notes ▁that ▁both ▁sister s ▁are ▁thinking ▁the ▁same ▁thoughts . ▁Both ▁cra ve ▁political ▁power ▁and ▁dis like ▁Ger tr ude , ▁whom ▁they ▁believe ▁ro bb ed ▁them ▁of ▁their ▁right ful ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁hierarchy ▁of ▁G orm eng h ast . ▁Their ▁mind less ▁amb ition ▁and ▁th irst ▁for ▁reven ge ▁lead ▁them ▁to ▁become ▁Ste er pi ke ' s ▁pa wn s . ▁ ▁She ▁and ▁her ▁sister ▁were ▁dressed ▁in ▁pur ple ▁with ▁gold ▁bu ck les ▁at ▁their ▁thro ats ▁by ▁way ▁of ▁bro och es , ▁and ▁another ▁gold ▁bu ck le ▁each ▁at