# Mrs. Green — Short Fiction character guide

> Mrs. Green in Short Fiction by Ring Lardner.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Conrad Green, Green, Mrs. Conrad Green, Connie

**First appearance:** 0000-my-roomy

## Who they are

Woman in stories, often a wife or mother.

## In the story

### [II: Starting Gaily](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/ii-starting-gaily)

The mother, who comments on the thirst and the abnormal school, and changes the subject to the League of Nations.

### [III: Erie Lake](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/iii-erie-lake)

Mother, exchanges witty remarks with her husband during the voyage.

### [V: My Father’s Idear](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/v-my-father-s-idear)

The mother, who sarcastically comments on the father's plan and suggests turning back after the dead end.

### [VII: Hudson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/vii-hudson)

Mother, requests an early wake-up call.

### [VIII: Hudson to Yonkers 106.5](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/viii-hudson-to-yonkers-106-5)

The mother, who reads the guidebook and asks questions about the towns.

### [A Caddy's Diary](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/a-caddy-s-diary)

A member who cheats at golf by moving her ball for a better lie.

### [Cinderella](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/cinderella)

The cruel stepmother who favors her own daughters and mistreats Cinderella.

### [A Day with Conrad Green](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/a-day-with-conrad-green)

The former Marjorie Manning, Green's young wife, who is frustrated with the social circles she is forced to navigate.

### [IX: Yale, Beaten by Blind Boys](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/ix-yale-beaten-by-blind-boys)

Mrs. Stevens, the laundress at the Grudge house, who engages in banter with the narrator.

### [Dinner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/dinner)

A guest at the dinner party, referred to as Miss Rell. She is a talkative blonde who dominates the conversation with stories about bridge, flying with Lindbergh, and her family in Chicago.

### [Contract](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/contract)

A bridge player who acts childishly, calling her husband 'Daddy' and making gushing, critical comments about Shelton's play. She is described as a 'child-wife'.

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