# Mrs. Maloney — John Silence Stories character guide

> Mrs. Maloney in John Silence Stories by Algernon Blackwood.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mrs. Maloney

**First appearance:** 0002-case-i-a-psychical-invasion

## Who they are

Joan Maloney's mother, present during the haunting case.

## In the story

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

Joan's mother, who fusses about beetles in her tent and interrupts the group to remind them of the time.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/john_silence_stories_se/chapters/ii)

Her tent door orientation is noted; she eats more and with less delay than in England.

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

Mrs. Maloney expresses alarm at the possibility of a porcupine and participates in the camp's anxious discussions.

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