# Marie — Mark Rutherford’s Deliverance character guide

> Marie in Mark Rutherford’s Deliverance by Mark Rutherford.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** little Marie, herself

**First appearance:** 0004-ii-m-kay

## Who they are

A child under Rutherford's roof, whose small presence asks for tenderness from a man more accustomed to speculating about himself than caring for anyone.

## Relationships

### [Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mark_rutherford_s_deliverance_se/characters/narrator)

_romantic_

Marie is a young woman with whom the narrator shares a tender, unfulfilled romantic connection.

## In the story

### [IX: Holidays](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mark_rutherford_s_deliverance_se/chapters/ix-holidays)

Ellen's ten-year-old daughter; initially distant from Rutherford, she becomes a devoted nurse during her mother's illness.

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