# Grandmother — Short Fiction character guide

> Grandmother in Short Fiction by George MacDonald.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0000-a-double-story

## Who they are

An elderly relative character.

## In the story

### [IV: What It Meant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_21_se/chapters/iv-what-it-meant)

Mrs. Dempster's mother; she takes her daughter in, nurses her through brain fever, and later informs her of the inheritance from Aunt Lucy.

### [The Old Woman and Her Hen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_21_se/chapters/x-the-old-woman-and-her-hen)

The old woman on the heath who spins and tells Colin a story; her eyes are revealed as flashing orbs before the hut vanishes.

### [The Golden Key](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_21_se/chapters/the-golden-key)

The wise lady who hosts Mossy and Tangle, gives them guidance, and insists Tangle accompany Mossy.

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