# Mrs. Davis — The Uncalled character guide

> Mrs. Davis in The Uncalled by Paul Laurence Dunbar.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0004-v

## Who they are

A neighbor and mother of Sophy and Melissy.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_uncalled_se/chapters/i)

A kind-hearted woman who stays to help and takes young Freddie home for breakfast.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_uncalled_se/chapters/ii)

Leads the weeping child Freddie forward to view his mother's face, and rides in the funeral procession behind the hearse.

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

A kind mother of five who temporarily cares for Fred and wishes she could keep him, but cannot afford another child; she reluctantly hands him over to Miss Prime.

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