# Mr. Corrie — Honeycomb character guide

> Mr. Corrie in Honeycomb by Dorothy M. Richardson.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Snapshot

A weekend host whose quick, gentle courtesy — 'She must wear her host's colours sometimes' — steadies Miriam like a flashing blade outlining her private radiance.

## Who they are

Mr. Corrie arrives for weekends with parties of guests, filling the house with strangers and the silvery clatter of entrée dishes. His quiet gallantry toward Miriam, defending her against Mrs. Craven's resentment, gives her a rare moment of being seen and protected. He is the household's benign authority, a man whose small kindnesses shape the emotional weather of Miriam's time at Newlands and whose presence marks the boundary between the servant she is and the guest she is treated as.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/honeycomb_se/chapters/i)

Present at dinner, described as having a 'thin chalky voice' and a 'long white face'; he interacts minimally.

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

Enters the drawing-room quietly; appears older and preoccupied; responds to Miriam's question about teaching with gentle decisiveness; shows a kind, indulgent deference.

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

Makes cruel jokes about Mrs. Kronen and shows excitement discussing South African diamonds.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/honeycomb_se/chapters/ix)

Engages in a philosophical debate with Miriam about causality, revealing his narrow, legalistic worldview.

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