# Mrs. Slater — The Place Called Dagon character guide

> Mrs. Slater in The Place Called Dagon by Herbert Gorman.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Slater, II Mrs. Slater

**First appearance:** 0001-the-place-called-dagon

## Snapshot

The Slater household's presiding matron, she anchors a crowded domestic world of children and corned beef that Dreeme observes from the edges.

## Who they are

Mrs. Slater runs the boardinghouse where Dreeme takes his meals and where Deborah, her New England niece, has come to stay. Her bustling, matter-of-fact presence frames the ordinary life against which the story's stranger hungers and buried heirlooms stand out. She is the gatekeeper of the house's rhythms, and it is through her table that Dreeme first truly sees Deborah.

## Relationships

### [Doctor Dreeme](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_place_called_dagon_se/characters/doctor_dreeme)

_social_

Doctor Dreeme maintains a polite but distant acquaintance with Mrs. Slater, who is wary of his influence over her husband.

### [Doctor Dreeme](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_place_called_dagon_se/characters/doctor_dreeme)

_social_

Doctor Dreeme maintains a polite but distant acquaintance with Mrs. Slater, who is wary of his influence over her husband.

### [Doctor Dreeme](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_place_called_dagon_se/characters/doctor_dreeme)

_social_

Doctor Dreeme maintains a polite but distant acquaintance with Mrs. Slater, who is wary of his influence over her husband.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_place_called_dagon_se/chapters/i)

Dreeme's next-door neighbor who prepared his breakfast.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_place_called_dagon_se/chapters/iii)

Hosts the meal, fluttering eyes and quick movements. She introduces Deborah as her niece and later interrupts the conversation.

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

Shows signs of distress with heightened color and fluttering eyes.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_place_called_dagon_se/chapters/iii)

Mrs. Slater is briefly referenced as the housekeeper who should clean the soot-stained lamp chimney.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_place_called_dagon_se/chapters/i)

Her resentment toward Dreeme's interference on Deborah's behalf is noted; he finds her narrow-minded and cold.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_place_called_dagon_se/chapters/iii)

Reticent and uncommunicative, parades back and forth with dishes, answering Deborah in grudging monosyllables.

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

Moves about the fire, gesticulating but speechless, and runs toward Dreeme and Slater.

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