The first character who shows her inner goodness is Kezia. The first detail the story reveals about Kezia is how she feels about the lamp inside the house. In fact, she liked the lamp so much that "it seemed to smile at her." The lamp itself is the light inside the dollhouse and is the symbol of Kezia's inner goodness. The next way Kezia shows her kindness is how she treats the Kelveys. Instead of taunting and laughing at the Kelveys as the other children do, Kezia invites them, despite “knowing pretty well why” she shouldn't, to look at the dollhouse. Seeing the dollhouse, Lil was breathing so hard that she "nearly snorted" and Else was "still as a stone". For these children, the simple experience of seeing the dollhouse was breathtaking. Even after being chased away, one of the Kelveys says "I saw the little lamp", referring to Kezia's kindness she showed them when she invited them to look at the dollhouse. The next two characters who show inner goodness are the Kelveys. The Kelveys come from a poor background and don't have much to give or show to other children, certainly no dollhouses. Despite their poverty, these two children have shown nothing but goodwill towards the other children, who even make fun of them because the Kelveys are poor. In the situation where they were mocked, it is stated that "instead of responding, Lil just smiled in a stupid and shameful way." These children have had the opportunity to respond rudely, but they know they are above and better than that, and they act kindly. The inner goodness that is shown by these two children is unique compared to Kezia's goodness as Kezia has a different upbringing and has never been put in these situations that the Kelveys