Alice

Black Alice and Strix have origin stories that more closely resemble the archetypal comic heroes.

He turned to the gentle accents of his sweet Alice, breathed in a letter which had been wet with her grateful tears.

Alice Arden, you little dream of the man and the route by which, possibly, deliverance is speeding to you.

Alice had been wondering what had detained her so long, and by the time she arrived had become very much alarmed.

In a moment more Phœbe and Alice were at the door which admits to a passage leading literally to the side of the house.

Phœbe pushed Alice's hand in the direction of the passage that leads to the housekeeper's room.