# Mary — The Murder at the Vicarage character guide

> Mary in The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mollie Carter, the Mystery Lady of St. Mary Mead, St. Mary Mead

**First appearance:** 0001-the-murder-at-the-vicarage

## Who they are

A young woman who appears in the village, later identified as a former maid.

## In the story

### [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/x)

Admits hearing a shot in the wood but cannot give an exact time; her young man Archer was jailed by Protheroe.

### [XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/xx)

The maid who gives notice after being criticized by Lettice Protheroe; persuaded to stay by the narrator.

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