# Mother Ives — The Bellamy Trial character guide

> Mother Ives in The Bellamy Trial by Frances Noyes Hart.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-the-bellamy-trial

## Who they are

The elderly mother of the Ives family.

## In the story

### [Chapter VIII: The Confession of Margaret Ives](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bellamy_trial_se/chapters/viii)

Margaret Ives writes a full confession to Judge Carver, detailing her motive and actions on the night of the murder.

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