# Mary — Crome Yellow character guide

> Mary in Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mechanically Mary

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Who they are

A guest at Crome, involved in romantic entanglements with Ivor.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/chapters/iii)

Earnest and out of breath; defends artists' mentality and blushes when called a 'femme supérieure'.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/chapters/v)

Shocked by the sow's fourteen piglets, attempts to argue birth control but is silenced by Mr. Scogan's speech.

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

Expresses fear of sexual repression and dreams of falling down wells; debates the merits of Gombauld and Denis as potential partners.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/chapters/viii)

Sits beside Denis, having decided he is safer than Gombauld, and asks about his poetry with bright gravity.

### [X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/chapters/x)

Breaks from dancing with Mr. Scogan to interrogate Denis about his reading and his favorite contemporary poet.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/chapters/xii)

Puzzled and distressed by Denis's flippancy, she seeks intellectual engagement with Gombauld but is rebuffed.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/chapters/xiv)

Disagrees with Scogan's dismissal of serious reading.

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/chapters/xv)

Passionately argues that sex is a serious matter, disagreeing with Mr. Scogan's lighthearted view.

### [Chapter XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/chapters/xvii)

Returns from the garden with Ivor, excitedly discussing the moon, meteorites, and their wide-ranging conversation; later visits Anne's room, relieved that Anne's absence was innocent.

### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/chapters/xviii)

Accompanies Ivor to the Roman Catholic service, curious about the experience.

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

Decides to sleep on the western tower but finds the leads hard and sleep elusive.

### [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/chapters/xxii)

Playing bowls with Henry Wimbush on the terrace.

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

Found pensively by the swimming pool, distressed by Ivor's postcard from Gobley which combines a romantic poem with a mundane request for razor blades.

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

Agrees to look after children's sports and defends the seriousness of psychical research against Gombauld's levity.

### [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/chapters/xxvii)

Directs children's sports with immense energy; discusses birth control with a villager.

### [XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/chapters/xxviii)

Dances with a young farmer of heroic proportions, talking seriously to him.

### [XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/chapters/xxix)

Sleeping on the tower roof as a ritual of fidelity to Ivor; she wakes to find Denis in crisis, comforts him, and confesses her own heartbreak over Ivor's inconstancy.

### [XXX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/chapters/xxx)

Acts as the enforcer of Denis's plan, reminding him to send the telegram and urging him to catch the train, displaying her practical and earnest nature.

## Links

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