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Lucy Deane. Lucy Deane is TomandMaggie’s cousin. Demure, sweet, and beautiful, Lucy is in many ways the perfect emblem of Victorian femininity. Mrs. Tulliver frequently laments that Maggie isn’t more like Lucy in looks and temperament. Known as the “belle of St. Ogg’s,” Lucy leads a leisured life of social outings and enjoys her family’s comfortable wealth. However, Lucy does have some depth to her, as she also cares deeply for other people’s happiness. For example, she delights in bringing Maggie to stay with her and trying to facilitate her marriage with Philip. She is in love with the wealthy Stephen Guest, her probable fiancé, and because of her trusting nature does not think the question the nature of his attachment to Maggie. She takes the news of Stephen and Maggie’s elopement badly, falling ill for several weeks. However, she ultimately recovers and visits Maggie in her lodgings at St. Ogg’s to tell her that she forgives her, an act of kindness and generosity that means a great deal to Maggie.