Man and Wife · Character
Mistress Inchbare
The housekeeper at Windygates.
minor
First appearance: fourth scene windygates
Mistress Inchbare shows up with force in IX: Anne. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The stern, Presbyterian landlady who refuses to let rooms to Anne because she is a young woman traveling alone.
Mistress Inchbare first appears in 0033 fourth scene windygates.
In IX: Anne: The stern, Presbyterian landlady who refuses to let rooms to Anne because she is a young woman traveling alone.
Later, in X: Mr. Bishopriggs: The landlady who insists on verifying Anne's marital status to protect the inn's reputation.
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- Other
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- Background servants and family
- Central marriage plot characters
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See Mistress Inchbare in fourth scene windygates