Aunt Emma

III: The Drilling

Widow of Dad's drunkard brother, enjoys shopping and attending ladies' club functions to uphold the Ross family prestige.

V

The widow of a drunkard son; indulges in cosmetics and social climbing.

VI

Makes a futile attempt to defend poetry and history against Dad's practical oil education.

VIII

Aunt Emma chatters about the well in ladies' clubs, leading Dad to ban discussions at the family table to prevent leaks of information.

IV: The Ranch

Questions Bunny about his mother's gentleman friends and is suspicious of women around Dad Ross.

I

Questions Bunny about his mother's gentlemen friends, revealing her suspicions.

VII

Contrasted with Ruth's simplicity; Bunny imagines her with silk stockings and Parisian corsets.

V: The Revelation

Beams at Bunny's normalcy and helps with furnishing the bungalow.

I

One of the family members who nagged to get Bunny into school.

III

Beams at Bunny's normalcy and the Ross family's social position.

IV

Mentioned as the source from whom Bertie learned the facts about their mother.

VI

Disapproves of Bunny choosing to go to Paradise with Dad instead of attending the football game.

VII

Teased by the family for her ladylike use of 'Excelsior Peter'.

VII

Brings home gossip from clubs about Dad Ross losing caste among his associates due to the strike.

II

Bunny's aunt; upset about his late hours but unable to articulate why.

III

Vigorously patriotic, attends clubs and listens to lady-orators, scolds Dad for his unpatriotic talk.

IX: The Victory

Now mistress of the household in the new Angel City palace.

IV

Spills tears over Bunny's decision to go to war.

VII

Now the mistress of the household in the new Angel City mansion.

VIII

Tricked by a reporter into providing a photograph of Bunny for the Evening Howler.

XI

Horrified and tearful, she mistakenly believes Bunny lost a prize due to Bolshevik agents.

IV

Proud matchmaker for Alberta's wedding; attempts to persuade Bunny to marry Vee Tracy, praising her as a 'natural-born aristocrat.'

IV

Delivers the urgent message and money to Bunny, terrified by the prospect of Dad's arrest.

VIII

Keeps house for Bunny and Dad on the Riviera, admires European refinement.

Chapter X

Falls in love with a Nebraska hardware merchant and marries him, leaving for a honeymoon in Nebraska.

II

Referenced by Bunny as a bourgeois standard who would not approve of their relationship.