# Mrs. Crick — Tess of the d’Urbervilles character guide

> Mrs. Crick in Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Crick

**First appearance:** 0022-xvii

## Who they are

The wife of Dairyman Crick, who helps manage the dairy household.

## In the story

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tess_of_the_d_urbervilles_se/chapters/xvii)

Mentioned as the dairyman's wife who oversees the household and wears a hot stuff gown.

### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tess_of_the_d_urbervilles_se/chapters/xviii)

Mrs. Crick is mentioned as the one who orders that Angel Clare should sit in the chimney-corner, considering him too genteel to eat with the others.

### [Phase the Third: The Rally — Chapter XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tess_of_the_d_urbervilles_se/chapters/xx)

Mrs. Crick prepares the breakfast table, dragging it out from the wall with a horrible scrape each morning.

### [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tess_of_the_d_urbervilles_se/chapters/xxvii)

Mentioned as having gone to market with Mr. Crick, leaving Tess and old Deb to skim.

### [XXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tess_of_the_d_urbervilles_se/chapters/xxxii)

Congratulates Tess on the engagement and claims she always sensed Tess was destined for someone superior.

### [XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tess_of_the_d_urbervilles_se/chapters/xxxiii)

Asked to accompany the couple as a witness at the wedding.

### [XXXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tess_of_the_d_urbervilles_se/chapters/xxxvii)

Tess pays a call on Mrs. Crick during their stop at Talbothays Dairy.

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