# Mrs. Arthur Collins — Gullible’s Travels character guide

> Mrs. Arthur Collins in Gullible’s Travels by Ring Lardner.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mrs. Collins

**First appearance:** 0001-gullible-s-travels

## Snapshot

A married woman in the narrator's social set whose presence at group gatherings adds to the domestic texture of the story's early scenes.

## Who they are

Mrs. Arthur Collins is part of the married-couple social world that the narrator and his wife inhabit, a world of rummy games and shared evenings. Her identity as a wife places her within the network of domestic alliances and gentle competitions that structure the group's leisure. She matters as one of the steady presences whose reactions and allegiances shape the social dynamics the narrator must navigate.

## In the story

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

A bridge player who partners with the narrator and later with Messenger.

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