# Margaret Dawlish — The Square Emerald character guide

> Margaret Dawlish in The Square Emerald by Edgar Wallace.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Margaret

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Who they are

A woman with the Dawlish surname.

## In the story

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/chapters/iv)

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

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/chapters/v)

Spotted by Leslie and Coldwell at the restaurant; described as hard-faced and inflexible, a Roman mother figure.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/chapters/xiii)

Betrays Peter by calling detectives and identifying him as an ex-convict.

### [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/chapters/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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