# Mrs. Bellowes — Short Fiction character guide

> Mrs. Bellowes in Short Fiction by Ray Bradbury.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Bellowes, Mrs. Amelia Bellowes

**First appearance:** 0016-viii

## Who they are

A woman with a secretive and influential role.

## Relationships

### [Mr. Thirkell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_46_se/characters/mr_thirkell)

_social_

Mr. Thirkell and Mrs. Bellowes are acquaintances in a shared social circle, possibly with polite tension.

### [Mr. Thirkell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_46_se/characters/mr_thirkell)

_social_

Mr. Thirkell and Mrs. Bellowes are acquaintances in a shared social circle, possibly with polite tension.

### [Mr. Thirkell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_46_se/characters/mr_thirkell)

_social_

Mr. Thirkell and Mrs. Bellowes are acquaintances in a shared social circle, possibly with polite tension.

## In the story

### [A Little Journey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_46_se/chapters/a-little-journey)

An elderly, gullible widow who has spent her life seeking spiritual fulfillment through various cults and mystics. She desperately believes Mr. Thirkell's promise of a rocket trip to God, even after discovering the ship is junk.

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