Del has only vague but loving and warm memories of her parents and older brothers. She pretends to remember more than she does because it depresses Hope if she doesn't.
She gets along with most everyone in Bag End except for Rose Lass. The older girl is bossy and bitter and Del makes it a special point to never, ever do anything Rose wants.
She knows about Primrose's and Peony Baker's crush on her. She wonders what it is about her that attracts all these #%@!!! GIRLS and why doesn't it work on Sammie?
Her love for Sammie doesn't interfere with her own crushes on the Mayor, Frodo Baggins and Peregrin Took. Sigh!
If Sammie doesn't stop comparing her to Aster she's going to kill him.
If Aster doesn't stop hiding behind Sammie she's going to kill her.
Del knows exactly why her parents couldn't stand the Brandybucks and she dislikes and distrusts Meriadoc Brandybuck as a result.
Master Merry knows that she knows and he's not exactly fond of her either.
She has a beautiful singing voice but she only sings to the babies, her cat, and to Master Frodo when he's not 'feeling well.'
She knows where the Mist Man lives.
She likes the people at Bag End, she even loves some of them but, despite all assurances to the contrary, she knows that she would be the one out on her ear should real conflict arise. Blood is so much thicker than water.
She dreams of howling and hunting with wolves.
She made no secret of the fact that she was going to disappear one day but everyone was still surprised when it finally happened.
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Pretty Good Year