# Mrs. Price Ridley — The Murder at the Vicarage character guide

> Mrs. Price Ridley in The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** deplored Mrs. Price Ridley, This Mrs. Price Ridley

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

## Who they are

A gossipy and judgmental village matron.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/ii)

Contributes to the gossip about Dr. Stone and Miss Cram; deplores young people's slyness.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/xiii)

Reports receiving a threatening telephone call from someone calling themselves 'The Avenger' and mentions hearing a shot in the woods.

### [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/xxiv)

Sends a note claiming to have important knowledge about Colonel Protheroe's death and seeking the narrator's advice.

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