# Mrs. Evitt — The Cloven Foot character guide

> Mrs. Evitt in The Cloven Foot by M. E. Braddon.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mrs., Evitt, Jane Sophia Evitt

**First appearance:** 0021-xxii-a-village-iago

## Snapshot

A lodging-house landlady with a furred tongue and a superstitious dread of upstairs rooms, Mrs. Evitt knows more about her tenants than she lets on.

## Who they are

Mrs. Evitt, whom Gerard calls Mrs. Bouncer, keeps the house where La Chicot died and where Desrolles once lodged. Ill with ague and terrified of sleeping near the dead woman's room, she still manages to gossip and to summon her stepdaughter Jemima for help. Her fear of the upstairs rooms and her intimate knowledge of the household make her a reluctant witness to the secrets the house contains.

## Relationships

### [George Gerard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cloven_foot_se/characters/george_gerard)

_friendship_

George and Mrs. Evitt are allies and confidantes, often conspiring together to help Celia and Laura.

### [George Gerard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cloven_foot_se/characters/george_gerard)

_friendship_

George and Mrs. Evitt are allies and confidantes, often conspiring together to help Celia and Laura.

### [George Gerard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cloven_foot_se/characters/george_gerard)

_friendship_

George and Mrs. Evitt are allies and confidantes, often conspiring together to help Celia and Laura.

## In the story

### [Days That Are Over, Dreams That Are Done](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cloven_foot_se/chapters/viii-days-that-are-over-dreams-that-are-done)

Mentioned as a source of gossip about the Chicots' unhappy marriage.

### [IX: “And Art Thou Come! and Art Thou True!”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cloven_foot_se/chapters/ix-and-art-thou-come-and-art-thou-true)

Mentioned as cook and housekeeper who retorts to Trimmer about Laura's character.

### [XVII: Murder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cloven_foot_se/chapters/xvii-murder)

The landlady who panics about her ruined house and immediately suspects Chicot of the murder.

### [What the Diamonds Were Worth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cloven_foot_se/chapters/xviii-what-the-diamonds-were-worth)

The landlady, aggravated by the crowd and reporters outside her house.

### [Edward Clare Goes on a Voyage of Discovery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cloven_foot_se/chapters/xxviii-edward-clare-goes-on-a-voyage-of-discovery)

Now landlady of the house in Cibber Street, she rents Edward the rooms formerly occupied by Desrolles.

### [Mrs. Evitt Makes a Revelation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cloven_foot_se/chapters/xli-mrs-evitt-makes-a-revelation)

The landlady who reveals the identity of the murderer, Desrolles, to Mr. Leopold, driven by her anxiety about the case.

### [XLIV: Three Witnesses](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cloven_foot_se/chapters/xliv-three-witnesses)

Testifies that Treverton is innocent and describes finding a bloodstained dressing-gown and hair in her lodging.

## Links

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