Elizabeth likes Doris Kilman because she is impressed by her ideas on religion and other topics. Doris speaks to convert people. She spends time with Elizabeth. She took her out to a church in Kensington and they had tea with a clergyman. (Woolf, p. 170)

Miss Kilman usually carries a satchel filled with books on medicine, religion and other topics. She lends her books to Elizabeth.

When Clarissa Dalloway was young, she also liked a female friend, named Sally Seton. Elizabeth shares this common trait with her mother, in liking an influential female friend.

Miss Kilman spent time with Elizabeth, which was why Elizabeth became impressed with her. She accompanied her, which was why Elizabeth had the opportunity to experience different places, events and situations.

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