# Sir Joseph Molloy — The Story of Ivy character guide

> Sir Joseph Molloy in The Story of Ivy by Marie Belloc Lowndes.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Joseph Molloy, Sir Joseph, Joe

**First appearance:** 0008-viii

## Snapshot

A titled Irish gentleman whose courtroom gravity and tigerish intensity make him a formidable presence in the legal drama closing around Ivy Lexton.

## Who they are

Sir Joseph Molloy moves through the case with the authority of rank and the sharpness of a man who has adjured witnesses to truth before. His gentle handling of the condemned Gretorex carries an undercurrent of ferocity, and his name is spoken with dread by those with something to hide. He embodies the institutional weight pressing toward judgment, and his interrogation echoes through Ivy's nights long before the verdict is known.

## Relationships

### [Ivy Lexton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/characters/ivy_lexton)

_social_

Sir Joseph Molloy is a wealthy patron or social contact of Ivy, their relationship based on mutual benefit and status.

### [Roger Gretorex](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/characters/roger_gretorex)

_social_

Roger and Sir Joseph Molloy are acquaintances in the same social sphere, with possible financial or business ties.

### [Ivy Lexton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/characters/ivy_lexton)

_social_

Sir Joseph Molloy is a wealthy patron or social contact of Ivy, their relationship based on mutual benefit and status.

### [Roger Gretorex](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/characters/roger_gretorex)

_social_

Roger and Sir Joseph Molloy are acquaintances in the same social sphere, with possible financial or business ties.

### [Ivy Lexton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/characters/ivy_lexton)

_social_

Sir Joseph Molloy is a wealthy patron or social contact of Ivy, their relationship based on mutual benefit and status.

### [Roger Gretorex](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/characters/roger_gretorex)

_social_

Roger and Sir Joseph Molloy are acquaintances in the same social sphere, with possible financial or business ties.

## In the story

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/chapters/xv)

The formidable defense counsel for Gretorex, whose cross-examination Ivy dreads.

### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/chapters/xvi)

Defense counsel who, against his nature, cross-examines Ivy gently due to a promise to Gretorex, frustrating his own strategy of pleading temporary insanity.

### [XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/chapters/xx)

The advocate defending Gretorex, presenting new evidence to Sir Edward.

### [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_ivy_se/chapters/xxi)

Appears in Ivy's nightmare as the barrister who cross-examined her, adjuring Gretorex to tell the truth.

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