# Pollie — Memoirs of a Midget character guide

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

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** rolled Pollie, poor Pollie

**First appearance:** 0008-iv

## Who they are

A servant or working-class woman known to the Bowater household.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/chapters/i)

Mentioned as a listener to Mrs. Ballard's gossip about the narrator's mother.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/chapters/ii)

The narrator's nursemaid, who sometimes leaves her alone in the garden.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/chapters/iii)

Shares luncheon with the narrator; the narrator turns away from watching her eat meat.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/chapters/iv)

The maid, described as a heavy sleeper and later as being in love; she becomes listless after the mother's death.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/chapters/v)

The narrator's servant who is asked to keep Miss Fenne away and later escorts the narrator to Mrs. Bowater's.

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

Pollie leaves to visit her mother and fetch a clean nightdress, promising to return before dark; later, the narrator fears Pollie is knocking at the door.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/chapters/vii)

Pollie is the narrator's devoted companion, helping with preparations, sharing in grief over a cow's death, and consulting the Dream Book.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/chapters/viii)

Travels with the narrator to Beechwood, helps her settle in, and departs the next morning after a sorrowful breakfast.

### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/chapters/xvi)

Visits the narrator, announces her engagement to Bob Halibut, and accompanies her on the ill-fated walk.

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/chapters/xvii)

Laughs hysterically with the narrator in the cab, later visits the narrator's room to say goodnight.

### [XXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/chapters/xxxii)

Former servant who married William; Miss M. sends her a cradle and tools as a wedding gift.

### [XLV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/chapters/xlv)

Pollie is mentioned in the context of the railway journey from Lyndsey to Beechwood.

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