Mad Hettie

Mad Hettie is a character who appears in  Preludes and Nocturnes. She lives as a tramp in London, and is known to John Constantine. In Sandman Issue 3, She claims to be 247 years old, a claim Constantine knows to be true; she was born in 1741. She was said to have hidden her heart from Death.

History
In Death: The High Cost of Living, she is shown to be rude, miserly, and constantly complains about the stupidity of present-day youth.

She has been accused of being a witch, and also appears to have abilities as a haruspex, in explanation, however, she merely states that "you don't get to your two hundred and fiftieth birthday without learning a few tricks".

Hettie also appeared in the series The Dreaming, in which it was discovered that she had dealings with Destiny, Johanna Constantine, and President Thomas Jefferson.