# Mrs. Tellamantez — The Song of the Lark character guide

> Mrs. Tellamantez in The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0005-iii

## Who they are

A Mexican woman in Moonstone who hosts dances.

## In the story

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_song_of_the_lark_se/chapters/vi)

Spanish Johnny's wife; patient and resigned, she cares for him despite his repeated disappearances.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_song_of_the_lark_se/chapters/vii)

Prepares lunch, does drawn-work, and reminisces about her hometown in Mexico.

### [X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_song_of_the_lark_se/chapters/x)

Greets Thea at the dance hall and is noted for her fateful resignation.

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

Thea remembers the moonflowers that grew over Mrs. Tellamantez's door as a vivid sensory memory.

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