Hazelita Aldridge

A young woman born into one of the most prominent families in a western town, she arrived at Lawrence's church while searching for her private tutor Abel, who had left his post without notice, and subsequently took up residence there. She holds the distinction of being Saint Cecilia's very first peer-aged friend—spirited and perceptive by nature, she frequently goes out of her way to nudge Cecilia and Lawrence closer together romantically, even as she herself struggles with a severe lack of any sense of direction and an equally troubled relationship with cooking.