BETH WHITBY

B.~1869| WCHB | PB: SOPHIE NELISSE
She and Tess have always been close: Beth has always been kind and intelligent and no-nonsense, and went into a sensible career after her OWLs (e.g. mediwitch, or something bookshop/library/librarian based?). So it came as a shock to find out she had been hiding an out-of-wedlock pregnancy, even from her sisters. She took a leave of absence under pretence of a long illness that left her bedridden to have the baby, and for a while it seemed she was tempted to keep the child and suffer the consequences – but in the end she gave it away (to an orphanage/workhouse/couple who couldn't conceive, IDK). She is working again now, but still won't tell her sisters who the father was. (This has only made Tess more concerned.)