# Blind Mice — Character guide

> Key figures in Blind Mice by C. Kay Scott.

- [Lucy Winter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_mice_se/characters/lucy_winter.md): Lucy runs Rosedene's kitchen and household while her mother, Nannie, glides through the dining room pinning boutonnieres and claiming John's attention. She insists Jim is 'no extra trouble, ever,' yet her stillness at th
- [John Winter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_mice_se/characters/john_winter.md): John shares an office and an easy camaraderie with Jim Sprague, and a home with Lucy, Dimmie, and now his mother-in-law. He offers his train seat to strangers and his enthusiasm to Nannie's flattery, but reads Lucy's tir
- [Dimmie Nannie Merwent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_mice_se/characters/dimmie_nannie_merwent.md): Nannie Merwent kisses John's cheek at the door, pins flowers on his lapel, and calls him 'poor boy' while her daughter cooks. She corrects Dimmie's boisterousness and claims she wants only to help, yet every gesture tigh
- [Uncle Jim](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_mice_se/characters/uncle_jim.md): Jim listens as Miss Storms recites the nursery rhyme that gives the book its title, and admits, without spirit, that they are all blind mice. He is loyal to John, gentle with Dimmie, and entangled with the Merwent family
- [James Sprague](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_mice_se/characters/james_sprague.md): Jim Sprague sits beside John on the crowded suburban train, quietly correcting estimates while John quotes headlines and offers his seat to pretty strangers. He is the steady half of the firm — practical, reserved, slow 
- [Mrs. Merwent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_mice_se/characters/mrs_merwent.md): Mrs. Merwent treats Rosedene as a stage for her opinions — on Hedda Gabler, on Dimmie's noise, on Lucy's headaches — and John as an audience that owes her admiration. She bristles when Lucy laughs at her, then melts when
- [Miss Nannie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_mice_se/characters/miss_nannie.md): A prim and proper spinster in the community.
- [Arthur Merwent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_mice_se/characters/arthur_merwent.md): Arthur Merwent is Lucy's brother and a Russellville attorney who moves through his own marriage like a man executing a prepared brief, arranging witnesses and a residence in the state capital before his wife even underst
- [Mamma](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_mice_se/characters/mamma.md): A tender mother figure, possibly Lucy's mother-in-law.
- [Mr. Sprague](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_mice_se/characters/mr_sprague.md): An older, stern patriarch of the Sprague family.
- [Mrs. Lockhart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_mice_se/characters/mrs_lockhart.md): A local woman with a social presence.
- [Katy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_mice_se/characters/katy.md): An elderly servant in the household.
- [Miss Powell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_mice_se/characters/miss_powell.md): A young woman who visits the community.
- [Mrs. Hamilton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_mice_se/characters/mrs_hamilton.md): A married woman in the social circle.
- [Professor Walsh](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_mice_se/characters/professor_walsh.md): An academic figure who appears briefly.
- [Mother](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_mice_se/characters/mother.md): A maternal figure, possibly a different mother.
- [Dr. Hamilton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_mice_se/characters/dr_hamilton.md): A doctor, possibly related to Mrs. Hamilton.
- [Cousin Minnie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_mice_se/characters/cousin_minnie.md): A cousin who visits the family.
- [Aunt Martha](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_mice_se/characters/aunt_martha.md): An aunt mentioned in the story.

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