# Mrs. Craven — The Secret Garden character guide

> Mrs. Craven in The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Mem Sahib, The Mem Sahib, the Mem Sahib—Mary

**First appearance:** 0000-i-there-is-no-one-left

## Who they are

Archibald's late wife who died in the secret garden accident.

## In the story

### [There Is No One Left](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_garden_se/chapters/i-there-is-no-one-left)

Mary's mother, a beautiful socialite who cared little for her daughter. She is shown panicking about the cholera outbreak before dying.

### [The Cry in the Corridor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_garden_se/chapters/v-the-cry-in-the-corridor)

Her death from a fall in the garden is recounted by Martha.

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