# Mother Grundy — Memoirs of a Midget character guide

> Mother Grundy in Memoirs of a Midget by Walter de la Mare.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mother

**First appearance:** 0054-xlv

## Who they are

A personification of conventional propriety.

## Relationships

### [Mr. Bowater](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/characters/mr_bowater)

_social_

Mother Grundy and Mr. Bowater have a neighborly or community-based relationship, possibly involving gossip or business.

### [Mr. Bowater](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/characters/mr_bowater)

_social_

Mother Grundy and Mr. Bowater have a neighborly or community-based relationship, possibly involving gossip or business.

### [Mr. Bowater](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/characters/mr_bowater)

_social_

Mother Grundy and Mr. Bowater have a neighborly or community-based relationship, possibly involving gossip or business.

## In the story

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/chapters/vi)

The narrator's mother is recalled in a vision at the head of the staircase, a memory of finding her in the cold midnight hours long ago.

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