# Mrs. Merwent — Blind Mice character guide

> Mrs. Merwent in Blind Mice by C. Kay Scott.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mrs. Merwent, Merwent

**First appearance:** 0001-blind-mice

## Snapshot

Lucy's mother, a matriarch in green demi-toilette who whispers through matinées, corrects her daughter's forehead lines, and measures her own life against everyone else's.

## Who they are

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 John calls her naive. Her need to be the center of every room drives the household's slow, corrosive contest of loyalties.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_mice_se/chapters/ii)

Arrives at Rosedene, attempts to appear charming and youthful, creates awkwardness with Lucy.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_mice_se/chapters/iv)

Nannie's mother, an efficient and practical woman who orchestrates Nannie's marriage to Arthur Merwent for financial security.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_mice_se/chapters/vii)

Preserves an air of gentle sadness, avoids direct reference to the conflict, and later seeks counsel from Mrs. Lockhart.

### [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_mice_se/chapters/xi)

Expresses jealousy of Jim's attention to Lucy and seeks validation through conversation.

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_mice_se/chapters/xix)

Accuses Lucy of showing interest in Jim, defends her own actions, and later asks John to invite Jim to dinner.

### [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_mice_se/chapters/xxiii)

Feels rejected by John's coldness, weeps dramatically in her room; manipulates the situation by writing to Professor Walsh, then reconciles with John.

### [Chapter XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_mice_se/chapters/xxiv)

Accuses Lucy of taking her father's side, sneers at Miss Storms, and manipulates John against Lucy.

### [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/blind_mice_se/chapters/xxv)

Manipulates Dimmie's emotions, cries theatrically, and accuses Lucy of being abnormal.

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