# Miss Pearson — If I Had a Father character guide

> Miss Pearson in If I Had a Father by George MacDonald.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Pearson

**First appearance:** 0000-act-i

## Snapshot

A quiet presence in Mrs. Clifford's orbit whose conscience makes her hesitate where her employer charges ahead.

## Who they are

Miss Pearson stands at the edge of Mrs. Clifford's confrontation with Mattie, unwilling to join in the accusation and unable to stop it. Her reluctance to believe the worst of the poor girl sets her apart from her employer's certainty, and her silence in the face of Susan's fury speaks to the cost of speaking up. She is a small but telling witness to the play's central question of who deserves to be trusted.

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