# Mr. Mauleverer — The Clever Woman of the Family character guide

> Mr. Mauleverer in The Clever Woman of the Family by Charlotte M. Yonge.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mauleverer, the consenting Mr. Mauleverer

**First appearance:** 0000-i-in-search-of-a-mission

## Snapshot

A visiting clergyman whose artistic talk and easy manners make him a puzzling ally to Rachel Curtis in her crusade to reform the parish.

## Who they are

Mr. Mauleverer moves through the Curtis family's charitable schemes as an inspector and authority, his name the password that admits or bars visitors at the asylum. His smooth, artistic manner and convenient vagueness about the children's bruises and the F.U.E.E.'s standing leave Rachel gratified but uneasy, since she would rather guide him than be managed by him. His ambiguous role tests how far good intentions and plausible credentials can carry a reformer before the rules—and the truth—catch up.

## Relationships

### [Rachel Curtis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clever_woman_of_the_family_se/characters/rachel_curtis)

_psychological_

Mr. Mauleverer is a manipulative charlatan who exploits Rachel's desire to do good, leading her into a disastrous charity scheme.

### [Rachel Curtis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clever_woman_of_the_family_se/characters/rachel_curtis)

_psychological_

Mr. Mauleverer is a manipulative charlatan who exploits Rachel's desire to do good, leading her into a disastrous charity scheme.

### [Rachel Curtis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clever_woman_of_the_family_se/characters/rachel_curtis)

_psychological_

Mr. Mauleverer is a manipulative charlatan who exploits Rachel's desire to do good, leading her into a disastrous charity scheme.

## In the story

### [X: The Philanthropist](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clever_woman_of_the_family_se/chapters/x-the-philanthropist)

The landscape painter who proposes the industrial school, impressing Rachel with his philanthropic vision.

### [The Fox and the Crow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clever_woman_of_the_family_se/chapters/xiii-the-fox-and-the-crow)

Discusses with Rachel the possibility of altering the Barnaby's Bargain endowment to benefit the F.U.E.E.

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