# Mistress Inchbare — Man and Wife character guide

> Mistress Inchbare in Man and Wife by Wilkie Collins.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0033-fourth-scene-windygates

## Who they are

The housekeeper at Windygates.

## In the story

### [IX: Anne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/man_and_wife_se/chapters/ix-anne)

The stern, Presbyterian landlady who refuses to let rooms to Anne because she is a young woman traveling alone.

### [X: Mr. Bishopriggs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/man_and_wife_se/chapters/x-mr-bishopriggs)

The landlady who insists on verifying Anne's marital status to protect the inn's reputation.

### [Blanche](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/man_and_wife_se/chapters/xiii-blanche)

Landlady who provides Blanche with a gown and is dismissed by Anne to prevent her from describing Arnold.

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