The Professor’s House · Character

Mrs. Crane

Dr. Crane's wife, a plain, grievance-hardened woman who arrives at the Professor's study to press a claim on Tom Outland's legacy.

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Also known as Crane

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Mrs. Crane comes to the old house in the rain, wearing her daughter's hat, to argue that her ailing husband deserves a share of the Outland patent. Married to a man no one else thought of courting, raising three plain daughters on a doctor's salary, she has learned to advance her case with meek determination rather than charm. Her visit forces St. Peter to confront how Tom's fortune has been dispersed—and how little of it ever touched him.

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