The Duke’s Children · Character
Miss Cassewary
Lady Mabel Grex's elderly companion, a quiet fixture in grand houses whose watchful presence registers every shift in her charge's precarious fortunes.
supporting
Also known as Cassewary
First appearance: iv park lane
As a supporting figure in The Duke’s Children, Miss Cassewary is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Returns from church, engages in political talk, and chaperones Lady Mabel.
Miss Cassewary belongs to that shadowy class of genteel dependents who see everything and say little, attending Lady Mabel through visits to the Pallisers and the Boncassens alike. Her loyalty to Mabel is absolute, yet she can do nothing to alter the cold arithmetic of a marriage market that values birth and fortune over feeling. Through her anxious eyes the reader grasps how much rides on Mabel's dwindling chances — and how little power a companion has to change them.
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Character Web
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Racing and Sporting Circle
- Extended Society and Political Network
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Open in readerNarrative arc
Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This is the dramatic climax because it marks the emotional and psychological peak of Silverbridge’s internal c…
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Follow the arc while readingRelationships
- Lord Silverbridge
social · positive
Miss Cassewary is Lady Mabel's companion and a friendly, gossipy presence in… How this plays out →
- Lady Mabel Grex
social · positive
- Frank Tregear
social · ambivalent
- Frank Tregear
social · ambivalent
- Lord Silverbridge
social · positive
Miss Cassewary is Lady Mabel's companion and a friendly, gossipy presence in… How this plays out →
- Lady Mabel Grex
social · positive
- Lord Silverbridge
social · positive
Miss Cassewary is Lady Mabel's companion and a friendly, gossipy presence in… How this plays out →
- Lady Mabel Grex
social · positive
- Frank Tregear
social · ambivalent
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See Miss Cassewary in iv park laneIn the story
Miss Cassewary appears across 11 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.
- IX: “In Medias Res”
- Why Not Like Romeo if I Feel Like Romeo?
- At Richmond
- Poor Boy
- Then He Will Come Again
- The Lovers Meet
- Miss Boncassen's River-Party. No. 1
- Grex
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Chapter companion notes
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