October 18th, 2013
October 18th, 2013
18 Oct 2013 · page 281 of 1306
Hm.



Cast: Alexa King, Nora Fenton

Comments (34)

  • Rao 13 years ago archived

    I knew she was related to the others somehow

  • Feanen 13 years ago archived

    My, the Barber family is certainly quite fertile!

  • Jon 13 years ago archived

    The no should be not.

    • =Tamar 13 years ago archived

      It could be no' with the ' representing a glottal stop - for the Scottish accent that she may have.

      • dethdukk 13 years ago archived

        Thats was I was about to mention... assuming that there is no accent involved, it should be not. if there IS an accent involved, it should be more pronounced so it isnt just seen as a mistake.

        • Kate A 13 years ago archived

          It's a mistake, she's from London actually! Will fix it later.

  • Shelby 13 years ago archived

    Wait, what was the canon name of the other barber girl? I thought it was Elizabeth...

    • Threnodi 13 years ago archived

      Maybe they don't count her because she's married? She does have a similar coloration though now that it's mentioned..! Easy to miss the resemblance with how meek she is!

  • Sir_Krackalot 13 years ago archived

    Barbers barbers everywhere.


    And a not a lock to shear.

  • BrokenEye 13 years ago archived

    So... the rumors are true


    Also, what expression is that in panel deux? Does she have a cunning plan?

    • RK 13 years ago archived

      Personally, I'd say it was "fond remembrance, with some sadness"

      • BrokenEye 13 years ago archived

        I suppose so... although it didn't look like that until you mentioned it, and honestly it still doesn't really look very much like that

  • Timni16 13 years ago archived

    i knew it! i flipping knew it! Didn't I say it! ... Wait, DID i say it... well whatever I KNEW IT! Harry and Nora look crazy similar, they could totes be twins!

    • Nonesuch 13 years ago archived

      That makes me wonder even more how one of them ended up a maid, though. Wouldn't Harry have tried to galvanize her a bit if they were twins?

      • Timni16 13 years ago archived

        Harry is kind of a lone wolf anyway. So if Nora is her twin, just a theory btw, is all shy and not really into to whole adventure thing, then Harry would like that situation better since she wouldn't have to worry about a dead weight. In fact, the siblings could have all been thinking that this is most likely the safest job ever and NOTHING could happen. Ever.

        • KaReN 10 years ago archived

          Kate A mentioned that the twins are the 2 youngest, Florence and Edmund.

    • Sturzkampf 13 years ago archived

      "Barber? No, my maiden name was Cunningham. My mother was scullery maid for a Mr Barber..."

  • Sturzkampf 13 years ago archived

    There are as many Barbers as the plot requires.

    • SoItBegins 13 years ago archived

      I expect there'll be a lot. This plot has a good number of close shaves.

  • Sturzkampf 13 years ago archived

    Looking forward to lots of backstory around the Barber household. Two strong-willed successful career women, one married to a rich man able to buy tickets to Scotland on the new train, one married and so poor she has to take a cleaning job to make ends meet. Family gatherings must be somewhat robust. I expect poor Nora always comes off worst. No wonder she is always so nervous.

  • HUNRonin 13 years ago archived

    Awww.

  • rainycity1 13 years ago archived

    Aha! a clue!

  • TheWreck 13 years ago archived

    Honestly, I'd thought it was Harriet undercover all along.

    • Bobismeisbob 13 years ago archived

      They look similar but I would be impressed if Harriet could fake being scared that well.

  • Feanen 13 years ago archived

    Nicola's cast page says she's the elder and has "three sisters and a brother," so we've still got one left

    • KaReN 10 years ago archived

      In No Rest for the Wicked, we were given the siblings names.

      "In order: Nicola, Nora, Harriet, and then Florence and Edmund are twins."

  • SoItBegins 13 years ago archived

    Later Alexa finds out that Nora is her great-great-great- something or another.

  • Kate A 13 years ago archived

    You've met all the ladies.

  • Nonesuch 13 years ago archived

    Yay, she -IS- a Barber! The family resemblance is powerful, indeed.


    I thought the Barbers were comfortably well-off, though. (Or else how did one of the sisters manage to marry into money / nobility?) Why's she working as a maid...?

    • Ilmari 7 years ago archived

      Well, Florrie married gentry at least and undoubtedly a family with noble heritage (indeed at their height, the historical De Montforts included royalty, though that didn't last long).


      But mebbe there just isn't much money left in the kitty from granpa Barber's day? A lot of gentry fell on hard times as Britain industrialised. And 5 children is a lot to divide a scanty legacy between!

  • Threnodi 13 years ago archived

    I thiiiink his name is Edmund... there was something about Harry getting Gren from him and then undoing all his careful training I think..

  • My Hair is Glorious 12 years ago archived

    i knew the nose was familiar

  • Nick Godby 12 years ago archived

    Bunnies of Darkness UNITE!

  • Michael Brewer 11 years ago archived

    Which sister is she referring to? Harry, I presume, but you'd think a cop would be in for the adventures too.

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