# Mrs. Clement Dumby — The Cords of Vanity character guide

> Mrs. Clement Dumby in The Cords of Vanity by James Branch Cabell.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mrs. Dumby

**First appearance:** 0010-i-he-sits-out-a-dance

## Who they are

A gossipy and meddlesome society matron.

## In the story

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cords_of_vanity_se/chapters/v)

Aunt Marcia's married name; a portrait of the late Mr. Dumby hangs in the parlor.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cords_of_vanity_se/chapters/vii)

Mentioned in relation to Aunt Marcia's imaginative explanations.

### [XX: He Dines Out, Impeded by Superstitions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cords_of_vanity_se/chapters/xx-he-dines-out-impeded-by-superstitions)

A dining dowager who interacts with the narrator and warns Elena about him.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cords_of_vanity_se/chapters/i)

A dining dowager who sits near the narrator and Elena, and later warns Elena about the narrator.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cords_of_vanity_se/chapters/iii)

Referenced by Elena as having called the narrator a depraved person.

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