# Frau von Mallinckrodt — The Magic Mountain character guide

> Frau von Mallinckrodt in The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Natalie von Mallinckrodt, Frau Mallinckrodt

**First appearance:** 0012-breakfast

## Who they are

A patient at the Berghof, mother of the sick boy 'Fritz'.

## In the story

### [Drawing the Veil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/chapters/drawing-the-veil)

The 'elderly lady' in black walking in the garden with a tragic, restless pace. Her mournful appearance and movement, unconsciously timed to the distant march music, strike Hans with pensive sympathy.

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