# Mrs. Hadwin — The Perpetual Curate character guide

> Mrs. Hadwin in The Perpetual Curate by Margaret Oliphant.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Poor Mrs. Hadwin

**First appearance:** 0008-vii

## Who they are

Frank's landlady, a kindly but anxious woman.

## In the story

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

Frank's landlady, the widow of a former curate, who is permitted to take a lodger due to her propriety.

### [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/viii)

The landlady who accepts the strange lodger without explanation, causing gossip and a decline in social calls.

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

Mentioned as the landlady of the house where a mysterious man is staying with Wentworth.

### [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xxiii)

Her rainwater tub keeps Tom awake; she seeks to speak with Frank.

### [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xxv)

Appears at her window in her nightcap, alarmed by the noise and concerned for her house's respectability.

### [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xxvi)

Curious and suspicious, she believes Frank is under the sway of Rosa Elsworthy and feels pity for him.

### [XLI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xli)

Waits in the parlour to apologize to Frank but misses him; forgets to give orders to the butcher.

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