# Mrs. Vokins — The Cords of Vanity character guide

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

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0005-i-writing

## Who they are

A housekeeper or servant in the narrator's household.

## In the story

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cords_of_vanity_se/chapters/vi)

Briefly mentioned as a woman who has taken a house in Lichfield and is eager to meet Jaques.

### [He Is Urged to Desert His Galley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cords_of_vanity_se/chapters/xxi-he-is-urged-to-desert-his-galley)

Prepares supper and asks 'who's a-beating?' prompting the narrator's pun.

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

Mentions the narrator's regular visits, saying he 'came reg'lar as the milkman.'

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cords_of_vanity_se/chapters/ii)

Elena Barry-Smith's mother, a woman from a mountain village who never adjusted to wealth, uncomfortable with servants, traditional in her views.

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

Mrs. Vokins is mentioned as preparing supper and is the subject of the narrator's condescending remarks about her 'veneer' and ignorance.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cords_of_vanity_se/chapters/iv)

Privately pats the narrator's hand and says she wishes he had married Elena.

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