# Catty — Mary Olivier: A Life character guide

> Catty in Mary Olivier: A Life by May Sinclair.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Poor Catty

**First appearance:** 0000-book-i-infancy-1865-1869

## Who they are

A servant in the Olivier household.

## In the story

### [Chapter IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mary_olivier_a_life_se/chapters/chapter-ix)

Moves Mary's bed and helps with her bookshelf.

### [Chapter XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mary_olivier_a_life_se/chapters/chapter-xvi)

Catty is mentioned as a contrast to Mary's rebelliousness, representing the obedient servant ideal that Mamma holds up.

### [Chapter XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mary_olivier_a_life_se/chapters/chapter-xviii)

Welcomes Mary home with tears, kissing a 'dead child' as she unpacks the trunk.

### [Chapter XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mary_olivier_a_life_se/chapters/chapter-xxvi)

Catty is present at Roddy's death, noting that he went in his first sleep and his hair is smooth.

### [Chapter XXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mary_olivier_a_life_se/chapters/chapter-xxxiv)

Catty cries while making Mary's bed and hints at gossip about Mary's affair.

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