# Uncle Jim — Miss Mole character guide

> Uncle Jim in Miss Mole by E. H. Young.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Jim, James

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Who they are

A plain, tax-collector-like relative of the Corders.

## Relationships

### [Miss Hannah Mole](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/miss_mole_se/characters/miss_hannah_mole)

_family_

Uncle Jim is Miss Mole's kindly, eccentric uncle who offers her occasional support and a link to her happier past.

### [Miss Hannah Mole](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/miss_mole_se/characters/miss_hannah_mole)

_family_

Uncle Jim is Miss Mole's kindly, eccentric uncle who offers her occasional support and a link to her happier past.

### [Miss Hannah Mole](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/miss_mole_se/characters/miss_hannah_mole)

_family_

Uncle Jim is Miss Mole's kindly, eccentric uncle who offers her occasional support and a link to her happier past.

## In the story

### [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/miss_mole_se/chapters/xxiii)

Visits the Corder household; is unresponsive to requests for stories; offers to fix the gas light; distributes Chinese silks to the family.

### [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/miss_mole_se/chapters/xxiv)

Visits the Corder household, expresses gratitude to Hannah for helping Ruth, and discusses Howard's situation and the possibility of adopting Ruth.

### [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/miss_mole_se/chapters/xxvi)

Engages Hannah in conversation about farming and suggests starting a farm near Radstowe.

### [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/miss_mole_se/chapters/xxvii)

He has been for a walk with Howard, reads the evening paper calmly, and offers to stay home to look after the house. He admires Hannah's lace.

### [XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/miss_mole_se/chapters/xxviii)

Prowls around the party, volunteering advice and enjoying himself.

### [XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/miss_mole_se/chapters/xxix)

Dances with Ruth and appears unaffected by opinion, serving as a contrast to the Corders.

### [The Escape of Howard Corder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/miss_mole_se/chapters/xxx)

Calmly defends his role in Howard's escape; argues that Howard needed a sudden break; offers to repay Mrs. Spenser-Smith; reveals that his sister felt 'cramped' in her marriage.

### [XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/miss_mole_se/chapters/xxxi)

Discusses the future of Ruth and Ethel with Hannah, suggests Hannah marry Robert Corder, shows astuteness about the household.

### [XL](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/miss_mole_se/chapters/xl)

Hannah hopes Uncle Jim will rescue Ruth, indicating his role in her imagined resolution.

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