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Hilda

American  
[hil-duh] / ˈhɪl də /

noun

  1. a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “maid of battle.”


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Hilda witnesses the crime and is so distraught that her moral certitude temporarily deserts her.

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Racked with torment over her proximity to evil, Hilda makes a desperate confession to a Catholic priest, who happens to be a New Englander.

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Indeed, the story of Miriam, Hilda, Kenyon and Donatello can be read as the story of America in miniature.

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Only Kenyon and Hilda can bear that load.

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But even more, it is Kenyon and Hilda’s fundamentally American goodness that gives them the strength to bear Miriam’s burden.

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