Spruce

Spruce
Name	Spruce
Race	Human
Age
Occupation	Nurse
Physical appearance
Residence	The Chalk
Death
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Appearances
Books	I Shall Wear Midnight
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Spruce was the nurse who supposedly attended on the Baron of The Chalk in his last months. Possibly appointed by the Aunts to speed or at least not unduly delay his demise, this is the sort of nurse who will not sully her pristine starched white uniform with anything as menial as blood or other bodily excretion. She is the sort of woman who will spend time on her knees in prayer but not to change a bandage or scrub a floor.

She was not a fan of Tiffany Aching, and did little to pretend otherwise. This came to a head when Tiffany threw Spruce out of the sickchamber with a living Baron in it, and she returned to discover a dead Baron who had been alone in a room with a witch... Putting the very worst spin on this to people predisposed to listen, Spruce stole the $5,000 worth of gold coins the old Baron had given to Tiffany - a theft she also blamed on Tiffany - and escaped in the confusion. As The Cunning Man was abroad, Spruce’s accusations were exactly what people wanted to hear about a witch, and the new Baron and Lady Keepsake acted accordingly, eventually throwing Tiffany into their dungeon.

Later, when the folk of the Chalk had come to their senses, Spruce was arrested by the new Baron's agents, having spent some of the money. The book is silent as to her fate.