# Mrs. Squeamish — The Country Wife character guide

> Mrs. Squeamish in The Country Wife by William Wycherley.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mrs. Squeamish

**First appearance:** 0005-act-i

## Snapshot

A self-styled delicate lady who affects horror at a kiss while tugging Horner by the cravat and demanding her share of his china.

## Who they are

Mrs. Squeamish performs refinement, recoiling from Horner's touch even as she drags him off to cards and insists she will have china too. Her squeamishness is a costume for appetite, and the older Lady Squeamish's teasing exposes how thin the disguise is. She matters because she shows that the town's modesty is a currency, and that Horner's supposed impotence gives him license to test exactly how far each lady's performance will stretch.

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