The Square Emerald · Character

Margaret Dawlish

A woman with the Dawlish surname.

minor

Also known as Margaret

First appearance: i

Margaret Dawlish shows up with force in IV. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Peter sees his mother getting into a car with Aunt Anita near the Strand.

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In IV: Peter sees his mother getting into a car with Aunt Anita near the Strand. Later, in V: Spotted by Leslie and Coldwell at the…

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

Greta’s emotional peak occurs in her cowardly revulsion and “almost tender” feeling toward Peter Dawlish, whic…

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IV
Peter sees his mother getting into a car with Aunt Anita near the Strand.
V
Spotted by Leslie and Coldwell at the restaurant; described as hard-faced and inflexible, a Roman mother figure.
XIII
Betrays Peter by calling detectives and identifying him as an ex-convict.
XXI
Mrs. Dawlish reveals herself to be Martha Druze, Jane's former nurse, and confesses to marrying old Donald Dawlish. She offers to give Jane her child in exchange for Peter stopping his legal inquiries.

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