# Mrs. Norbury — The Red House Mystery character guide

> Mrs. Norbury in The Red House Mystery by A. A. Milne.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** XV Mrs. Norbury, Norbury

**First appearance:** 0016-xv-mrs-norbury-confides-in-dear-mr-gillingham

## Snapshot

A neighboring mother determined to marry her daughter Angela to Mark Ablett, and cheerfully willing to talk about it to any sympathetic stranger.

## Who they are

Mrs. Norbury is a matchmaking neighbor who has decided that the artistic, well-connected Mark Ablett is the ideal husband for her daughter, beard and all. She confides in Antony Gillingham with a mother's readiness, revealing her own hopes and, indirectly, the tangled feelings among Angela, Mark, and Cayley. Her talkative certainty matters because it exposes the romantic and social pressures surrounding the Red House just as the mystery tightens.

## In the story

### [XV: Mrs. Norbury Confides in Dear Mr. Gillingham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_house_mystery_se/chapters/xv-mrs-norbury-confides-in-dear-mr-gillingham)

Confides in Antony about her daughter's engagement to Mark and her dislike of Cayley.

### [XVIII: Guesswork](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_house_mystery_se/chapters/xviii-guesswork)

Mentioned as the person Mark told about Robert on Monday, which Antony finds suspicious.

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