Round 9: Tossup 3

A man observes that this character has “that gift still; to be; to exist” at an event where this character reunites with an old friend who repeatedly brags about her “five enormous boys.” That man wonders, “What is this terror? What is this ecstasy?” a moment before seeing this character and realizing “For there she was.” This character watches an old lady go to bed as the clock strikes three (10[1])and feels a connection to a man who had been treated by the psychiatrist Sir William Bradshaw. (-5[1])The most exquisite moment of this character’s life occurs (10[1])when a classmate at Bourton kisses her. Peter Walsh and Sally Seton gossip at a party hosted by this character on the same day as Septimus Smith’s suicide. For 10 points, name this title character who goes to “buy the flowers herself” in a Virginia Woolf novel. ■END■ (10[1])

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