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* MagnificentBastard: [[HandicappedBadass Millicent Pebmarsh]] is a [[TheStoic stoic]], [[TheDeterminator determined]] Soviet agent working undercover in England [[DeepCoverAgent in the guise of an ordinary hard-working schoolteacher]]. [[LoveIsAWeakness Intent on ridding herself of "softness" to devote all her life to her cause]], Millicent gives her daughter Sheila away [[{{Nephewism}} to be raised by her sister]]. When Millicent's eyesight begins to fail, she does not let it discourage her, taking a course in Braille so that she would be able to teach blind children -- and to use Braille books for sending sensitive information to the [=USSR=]. When a British agent finds her out, Millicent has her associate [[HeKnowsTooMuch kill him in a hit-and-run]] before he can reveal anything. After a murdered man is found in Millicent's house (killed by people [[CollidingCriminalConspiracies who have nothing to do with her]]), she astonishes the police with her composure, reasonable attitude, and detailed testimony, taking care to comfort the shocked young typist who found the body but neglecting to tell said typist she is her own daughter. Millicent's cover is only blown because the agent run over by the car lives just long enough to scribble down the vital clue pointing to her. After her attempt to stab Colin, the one to expose her, fails, Millicent [[GracefulLoser accepts her defeat with grace]] and refuses Colin's offer of an escape with a two-hour head start. She tells him that even in prison, there are opportunities to recruit people for her cause, and waits calmly for the police to arrive.

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