Lupy Clock

Lupy Clock is the second wife of Hendreary.

Lupy was born into the Rain-pipe family, who lived in the stables. She married into the Harpsichord family and had two sons. She says in The Borrowers Afloat that she was very young when she first got married. After becoming a widow, she married Hendreary.

In The Borrowers, Arrietty writes to their family, but the reply says only, “Tell your Aunt Lupy to come home.” This mystifies the Clocks. Mrs. May, relating the story to Kate, mistakenly claims that Lupy never came back.

In The Borrowers Afield, Pod says that Lupy set out walking over a year ago. However, by this time, Lupy is living with Hendreary and the family in the gamekeeper’s cottage. She makes clothes for Spiller. Lupy and Homily do not get along at all, but after the Clocks leave without explanation, Lupy claims Homily was like a sister to her and that she is in mourning. After the gamekeeper leaves due to illness, the family plans to wait for more humans to come, but eventually has to move.

As of The Borrowers Avenged, their family is now living in a church, and Lupy has become much more religious.

Description
She is described as plump.

Trivia

 * She has a cousin named Oggin who was kept captive by humans in a tin bath.
 * In The Return of The Borrowers, Lupy and Homily are sisters; Lupy married a Harpsichord and Homily married a Clock. Lupy has three children: two sons named Ditchley and Ilrick, and a daughter named Eggletina. Timmis is not included in this adaptation.