# Mrs. Staple-Craven — Honeycomb character guide

> Mrs. Staple-Craven in Honeycomb by Dorothy M. Richardson.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mrs. Craven

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Snapshot

A silent, resentful presence at the billiard table, Mrs. Staple-Craven watches Miriam's sudden radiance with a resentment that cannot touch it.

## Who they are

Seated in the shadow of the mantelpiece, a faint mass of soft green and mealy white, Mrs. Craven occupies the social margins of the evening while her silent face seems to Miriam to be mouthing and complaining aloud. Her resentment of Miriam's glow — the host's colours, the flashing blade of Mr. Corrie's kindness — marks the small, unspoken hostilities that circulate beneath the ceremony of the game. She matters as the counter-pressure against which Miriam's inner steadiness first defines itself.

## In the story

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

Described as stout, gluttonous, and with a thick, heedless voice; talks about spirits and baths; appears disconnected from her surroundings.

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

Querulously comments on Miriam's appearance, calling her 'quite a madonna,' and is resented by Miriam.

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