# Cousin Sophy — Phoebe, Junior character guide

> Cousin Sophy in Phoebe, Junior by Margaret Oliphant.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Sophy

**First appearance:** 0000-i-the-pastor-s-progress

## Who they are

A cousin of the May family, more worldly than Anne.

## Relationships

### [Ursula May](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/phoebe_junior_se/characters/ursula_may)

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Cousin Sophy is Ursula's relative, who acts as a gossipy and meddling influence in her life.

### [Ursula May](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/phoebe_junior_se/characters/ursula_may)

_family_

Cousin Sophy is Ursula's relative, who acts as a gossipy and meddling influence in her life.

### [Ursula May](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/phoebe_junior_se/characters/ursula_may)

_family_

Cousin Sophy is Ursula's relative, who acts as a gossipy and meddling influence in her life.

## In the story

### [Shopping](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/phoebe_junior_se/chapters/vii-shopping)

Sophy Dorset makes ironic comments about marrying a rich man, but her irony is lost on Ursula.

### [VIII: The Dorsets](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/phoebe_junior_se/chapters/viii-the-dorsets)

Questions Ursula about marriage, warns against marrying a man like Mr. Copperhead; reveals her own emotional pain and yearning for children.

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