# Henrietta Noble — Middlemarch character guide

> Henrietta Noble in Middlemarch by George Eliot.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Henrietta Noble, Miss Noble, tiny Miss Noble, little Miss Noble

**First appearance:** 0017-xiii

## Who they are

Farebrother's elderly, sweet-natured aunt who dotes on everyone.

## In the story

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

Mrs. Farebrother's sister, a tiny, meek old lady who secretly saves sugar and small food items for the poor children she visits.

### [LII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lii)

Shows quiet joy at her nephew's preferment, adding extra sugar to her basket.

### [LXXX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lxxx)

Mentions losing a tortoiseshell lozenge-box given by Will Ladislaw, inadvertently triggering Dorothea's emotional crisis.

### [LXXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lxxxiii)

Acts as a messenger for Will Ladislaw, nervously asking Dorothea if she will see him.

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