Mr. Mulliner Stories · Character
Mrs. Wardle
A matronly figure in a Mulliner story.
minor
First appearance: the story of william
Mrs. Wardle's tie to Augustine Mulliner is one of the pressures that moves Mr. Mulliner Stories—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Augustine's housekeeper, who is berated by him after he takes the tonic for forgetting the hot-water bottle.
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With Augustine Mulliner (family): Mrs. Wardle is Augustine Mulliner's doting and overprotective aunt. With Augustine Mulliner (family): Mrs. Wardle is Augustine Mulliner's doting and overprotective aunt. With Augustine…
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- Family
- Other
Character groups
- Extended cast of Mulliner tales
- Mulliner relatives and associates
- Romantic entanglements and family
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- Augustine Mulliner
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- Augustine Mulliner
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