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Mrs. Yolland

Kindly cottager who shelters Rosanna Spearman and knows her secrets.

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Also known as Good Mrs. Yolland, good Mrs. Yolland, Mrs. Yolland

First appearance: ix

Mrs. Yolland shows up with force in XV. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Receives Cuff and Betteredge at Cobb's Hole; inadvertently reveals Rosanna's intention to leave the Verinder household.
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In XV: Receives Cuff and Betteredge at Cobb's Hole; inadvertently reveals Rosanna's intention to leave the Verinder household. Later, in XIX: The fisherman Yolland confirms the quicksand's danger and that Rosanna's…

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SCSergeant CuffRVRachel VerinderRSRosanna SpearmanFBFranklin BlakeGBGabriel Better…MYMrs. Yolland

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  • Moonstone Investigation Core
  • Protagonist

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

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  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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See Mrs. Yolland in ix
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