# Mrs. Maloney — Lady Audley’s Secret character guide

> Mrs. Maloney in Lady Audley’s Secret by M. E. Braddon.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** honest Mrs. Maloney

**First appearance:** 0017-xviii-robert-receives-a-visitor-whom-he-had-scarcely-expected

## Who they are

Robert Audley's loyal housekeeper in London.

## In the story

### [XII: Still Missing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lady_audley_s_secret_se/chapters/xii-still-missing)

The laundress who confirms that George has not returned to the chambers, adding to Robert's unease.

### [Troubled Dreams](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lady_audley_s_secret_se/chapters/xiii-troubled-dreams)

Robert's laundress, who enters the chambers with her key and denies having knocked at the door.

### [George's Letters](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lady_audley_s_secret_se/chapters/xxiv-george-s-letters)

Mrs. Maloney is mentioned as the one who prepared Robert's breakfast, with 'careful but rather dirty hands'.

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