# Annie Marble — Payment Deferred character guide > Annie Marble in Payment Deferred by C. S. Forester. **Role:** major **Also known as:** Ann Mary Marble, Poor Annie **First appearance:** 0000-i ## Snapshot The Marbles' daughter, home from a Berkshire school with grand ideas about money and no patience for her mother's timid economies. ## Who they are Winnie has been trained for a household far grander than 53 Malcolm Road and treats her parents' sudden wealth as her natural due. She bullies her mother through Christmas shopping sprees, demands cheques from her whisky-soaked father, and rearranges the house with brisk contempt for its shabbiness. Her cheerful greed sharpens the household's unease and shows how quickly new money curdles into new appetites. ## Relationships ### [Mr. Marble](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/mr_marble) _family_ Father and daughter, with Annie increasingly aware of her father's dark secrets and instability. ### [Dr. Atkinson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/dr_atkinson) _romantic_ Dr. Atkinson is a suitor to Annie, offering her a potential escape from her troubled home. ### [Mrs. Marble](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/mrs_marble) _family_ Mother and daughter, with Mrs. Marble often oblivious to Annie's distress and the family's true situation. ### [Collins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/collins) _rivalry_ Annie instinctively distrusts Collins, sensing his malevolent influence over her father. ### [Jim Medland](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/jim_medland) _social_ Annie knows Jim Medland as a family acquaintance, unaware of her father's murderous intentions toward him. ### [Evans](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/evans) _social_ Annie interacts with Evans as a peripheral figure, possibly a witness to her family's unraveling. ### [Will](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/will) _friendship_ Will is a young man who shows romantic interest in Annie, offering her a simpler, happier connection. ### [Richards](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/richards) _social_ Richards is a servant or neighbor who interacts with Annie in the domestic sphere. ### [Mr. Marble](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/mr_marble) _family_ Father and daughter, with Annie increasingly aware of her father's dark secrets and instability. ### [Dr. Atkinson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/dr_atkinson) _romantic_ Dr. Atkinson is a suitor to Annie, offering her a potential escape from her troubled home. ### [Mr. Marble](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/mr_marble) _family_ Father and daughter, with Annie increasingly aware of her father's dark secrets and instability. ### [Will](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/will) _friendship_ Will is a young man who shows romantic interest in Annie, offering her a simpler, happier connection. ## In the story ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/chapters/i) Slow to react, she is told by Marble to go to bed under the pretext of a headache so he can talk business with Medland. ### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/chapters/ii) Wakes with a headache, reflects on her husband's worries and Jim's visit, tries to care for Mr. Marble despite his irritability. ### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/chapters/iii) Mr. Marble listens to her domestic chatter to distract himself from his secret; she is unaware of his crime. ### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/chapters/v) Appeals to Mr. Marble as he sits up late; she is ignored and treated poorly. ### [Chapter VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/chapters/vi) Shows unwavering loyalty and love, trying to comfort her husband despite his abusive behavior. ### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/chapters/vii) Struggles to adapt to sudden wealth, initially hoards the fifty pounds, then is overwhelmed by her husband's extravagant shopping spree. ### [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/chapters/viii) Intervenes in the confrontation between John and Mr. Marble, sobs heartbroken after John leaves. ### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/chapters/ix) Looks forward to a hotel holiday but is vaguely suspicious of Mr. Marble's motives for wanting to stay behind. ### [The Intrigue of Madame Collins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/chapters/x) Naively accepts Madame Collins' friendship, unaware of the affair and her husband's secrets. ### [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/chapters/xi) Wrestles with her suspicions, discovers the cyanide passage in her husband's book, and deduces that he killed Jim Medland and buried him in the garden. ### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/chapters/xii) Shows up as 'Mrs. Marble' in this chapter; tearful, flurried by Winnie's demands, lives in silent dread of the secret. ### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/chapters/xiii) Notices her husband's changed behavior; feels comforted by his attentions; witnesses Collins's despair. ### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/chapters/xiv) Becomes joyful and sings while doing housework, shops happily in Rye Lane, but her newfound love turns to bitterness as Marble's old mood returns. ### [Chapter XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/chapters/xv) Recovering from influenza but deeply depressed; discovers Madame Collins' letter to Will and contemplates suicide using the cyanide. ### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/chapters/xvi) Found dead in her bed from cyanide poisoning. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters/annie_marble - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/payment_deferred_se/characters