Who is Thelma Darke from The Child in Time and what is their importance? The_Child_in_Time English & Literature Thelma Darke | The Child in Time

Charles' wife, she is a teacher and turns to writing when Charles wants to retire from public life. Thelma finds Charles dead in the woods and calls on Stephen to help move the body into the house. Thelma explains that Charles had been torn between his desires for a political life and his desire to live the idyllic life of a child.