<Li> Constance Blackwood <Ul> <Li> Merricat's 28 - year - old agoraphobic sister, who has not ventured farther than the Blackwoods' large garden since her family perished . Constance was the one who was arrested for the murder, though she was later acquitted of the crime . However, she is still blamed for it by the local townspeople . Constance is the only member of the family to cook and clean, and also cares for her wheelchair - bound Uncle Julian . Although Charles gains her trust, she eventually sees him for the greedy and selfish person he is . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Ul> <Li> Merricat's 28 - year - old agoraphobic sister, who has not ventured farther than the Blackwoods' large garden since her family perished . Constance was the one who was arrested for the murder, though she was later acquitted of the crime . However, she is still blamed for it by the local townspeople . Constance is the only member of the family to cook and clean, and also cares for her wheelchair - bound Uncle Julian . Although Charles gains her trust, she eventually sees him for the greedy and selfish person he is . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Merricat's 28 - year - old agoraphobic sister, who has not ventured farther than the Blackwoods' large garden since her family perished . Constance was the one who was arrested for the murder, though she was later acquitted of the crime . However, she is still blamed for it by the local townspeople . Constance is the only member of the family to cook and clean, and also cares for her wheelchair - bound Uncle Julian . Although Charles gains her trust, she eventually sees him for the greedy and selfish person he is . </Li> <Li> Julian Blackwood <Ul> <Li> Merricat and Constance's uncle, he is the brother of their late father, John . Julian was poisoned with arsenic along with his family but survived, and is now an invalid, confined to a wheelchair . He lost his wife, Dorothy, in the incident . Julian is described by other characters as "eccentric", and obsessively writes about the poisoning over and over for his memoirs . Constance, his eldest niece, looks after him, and the two are said to have not left the family's estate in six years . </Li> </Ul> </Li>

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