# Mrs. Henry Spalding — Short Fiction character guide

> Mrs. Henry Spalding in Short Fiction by Ring Lardner.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Henry, Mrs. Spalding, this Spalding, Henry Spalding, Spalding, Harry

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

## Who they are

Woman in stories, often a wife.

## In the story

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

A woman who confronts Green at the restaurant, accusing him of breaking a promise to help her husband, Harry.

### [Ex Parte](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/ex-parte)

The narrator's wife, Florence, who left him after he tried to make their new house look old.

### [High-Rollers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/high-rollers)

Marion, Walter's wife, insists on moving to the suburbs for the summer. She joins a high-stakes bridge game and accumulates significant debts, which she confesses to Walter.

### [Pity Is Akin—](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/pity-is-akin)

Accompanies her husband to the Cozy Club, drinks, and falls asleep.

### [Mamma](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/mamma)

The woman who calls herself 'Mamma' and later recalls the surname 'Carns.'

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