# Mrs. Bruder — Barriers Burned Away character guide

> Mrs. Bruder in Barriers Burned Away by Edward Payson Roe.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0008-vi-starve-then

## Who they are

Mr. Bruder's long-suffering wife, mother to Ernst and other children.

## In the story

### [Just in Time](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/barriers_burned_away_se/chapters/xvi-just-in-time)

Collapses from exhaustion and hunger, pleading with her husband not to sell the painting, their last hope.

### [Rescued](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/barriers_burned_away_se/chapters/xvii-rescued)

The grateful wife who witnesses her husband's transformation and expresses profound thanks to Dennis.

### [XIX: What Is the Matter with Him?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/barriers_burned_away_se/chapters/xix-what-is-the-matter-with-him)

Her face shows the sharp look of misery fading out, indicating positive change.

### [XXIX: Dennis's Love Put to Practical Use](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/barriers_burned_away_se/chapters/xxix-dennis-s-love-put-to-practical-use)

Half guesses the cause of Dennis's distress.

### [The Two Heights](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/barriers_burned_away_se/chapters/xxx-the-two-heights)

She worries over Dennis's health, pleading with him not to work so hard.

### [The Two Pictures](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/barriers_burned_away_se/chapters/xxxiii-the-two-pictures)

Sobs over Dennis, believing he worked too hard.

### [Regret](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/barriers_burned_away_se/chapters/xxxiv-regret)

Gazes at Christine as if she were the murderer of her best friend after Christine reads a letter from Mr. Bruder.

### [Susie Winthrop Appears Again](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/barriers_burned_away_se/chapters/xxxix-susie-winthrop-appears-again)

After her husband's death, keeps her lodgings with Dennis's help and works as a laundress and seamstress.

### [XLI: Fire! Fire!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/barriers_burned_away_se/chapters/xli-fire-fire)

Frantically saves her children from the fire but rushes back to retrieve her husband's portrait and dies protecting it.

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