# Mary Cave — Shirley character guide

> Mary Cave in Shirley by Charlotte Brontë.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mary

**First appearance:** 0003-iv-mr-yorke-continued

## Who they are

The long-dead love of Mr. Helstone and Mr. Yorke.

## In the story

### [Mr. Yorke (Continued)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/shirley_se/chapters/iv-mr-yorke-continued)

The deceased former love of both Mr. Yorke and Mr. Helstone. She is remembered as a beautiful, silent, and still woman who married Helstone and reportedly died of a broken heart.

### [Rushedge—A Confessional](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/shirley_se/chapters/xxx-rushedge-a-confessional)

Yorke's lost love, described as a 'stately, peaceful angel' and the subject of his enduring but illusory passion.

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