# Miss Spruce — The Small House at Allington character guide

> Miss Spruce in The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Miss Spruce

**First appearance:** 0003-iv-mrs-roper-s-boardinghouse

## Who they are

An elderly spinster living at Mrs. Roper's boardinghouse.

## In the story

### [Social Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_house_at_allington_se/chapters/xi-social-life)

Miss Spruce observes the reconciliation and later comments cryptically on Mrs. Lupex's behavior.

### [John Eames Does Things Which He Ought Not to Have Done](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_house_at_allington_se/chapters/li-john-eames-does-things-which-he-ought-not-to-have-done)

Decides to leave Mrs. Roper's house due to the declining respectability.

### [John Eames Becomes a Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_house_at_allington_se/chapters/lix-john-eames-becomes-a-man)

Packing to leave the lodging-house; John hears her Christian name for the first time.

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