Before going to the dark planet, Camazotz, the Mrs. W's take the children to see the Happy Medium, who lives on a planet on Orion's belt and who can show them in her crystal ball things that are happening all over the universe. The Medium shows them the evil that is happening, but also the good that is being done to fight the evil, so that the children can achieve a happy medium in their outlook going in to fight the Black Thing.
The Happy Medium Quotes in A Wrinkle in Time
The A Wrinkle in Time quotes below are all either spoken by The Happy Medium or refer to The Happy Medium. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 5
Quotes
The Medium lost the delighted smile she had worn till then. "Oh, why must you make me look at unpleasant things when there are so many delightful ones to see?"
Again Mrs. Which's voice reverberated through the cave. "Therre will nno llonggerr bee sso many pplleasanntt thinggss too llookk att iff rressponssible ppeoplle ddo nnott ddoo ssomethingg abboutt thee unnppleasanntt oness."
Related Characters:
Mrs. Which (speaker), The Happy Medium (speaker)
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The Black Thing
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The Happy Medium Character Timeline in A Wrinkle in Time
The timeline below shows where the character The Happy Medium appears in A Wrinkle in Time. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 5
...enter a dark stone cavern, Mrs. Whatsit explains that they're there to visit the Happy Medium. The Medium looks rather like a fortune-teller with a crystal ball, but she shows the...
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Chapter 6
...watch the battle between a star and the darkness in the ball of the Happy Medium. The star, in a great burst of light, gives its life to destroy the Darkness...
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As a parting gift, the Medium shows the children their mothers; this turns out to be not as happy a thing...
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The three Mrs. W's and the three children then leave the Happy Medium, and tesser to Camazotz, the dark planet on which Mr. Murry is held captive. This...
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Chapter 12
...alone. But they are persuaded when Mrs. Whatsit tells them that she and the Happy Medium have both seen that for Meg to go alone is the only way Charles may...
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