# Mrs. Moss — The Mill on the Floss character guide

> Mrs. Moss in The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Moss, aunt Moss, Poor Mrs. Moss, good Mrs. Moss

**First appearance:** 0002-ii-mr-tulliver-of-dorlcote-mill-declares-his-resolution-about-tom

## Who they are

Mr. Tulliver's kind but impoverished sister with many children.

## In the story

### [Mr. Tulliver Shows His Weaker Side](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/viii-mr-tulliver-shows-his-weaker-side)

Mr. Tulliver's sister, poor and burdened with many children, who defends her family and hopes for brotherly kindness.

### [II: The Christmas Holidays](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/ii-the-christmas-holidays)

Listens to her brother Mr. Tulliver's grievances about Pivart and Wakem, expressing anxiety about the possibility of going to law.

### [The Family Council](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/iii-the-family-council)

Arrives to offer repayment of a debt to her brother, expressing her family's willingness to sacrifice despite their own poverty. She is trembling and submissive under the scrutiny of the aunts and uncles.

### [A Vanishing Gleam](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/iv-a-vanishing-gleam)

Sits near the bed, impulsively expresses thankfulness that her brother recognizes her.

### [XI: In the Lane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/xi-in-the-lane)

Mrs. Moss waits anxiously for Maggie at the porch, showing kind thoughtfulness by sending the cousins inside. She comforts Maggie as she breaks down in sobs.

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