# Mrs. Vesey — The Woman in White character guide

> Mrs. Vesey in The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Good Mrs. Vesey, Dearest Mrs. Vesey

**First appearance:** 0005-i

## Who they are

Kind elderly woman who accompanies Laura.

## In the story

### [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_woman_in_white_se/chapters/viii)

Laura's former governess, depicted as a placid, compliant old lady who 'sat through life'; present at luncheon.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_woman_in_white_se/chapters/ix)

Elderly companion at Limmeridge; provides harmless, drowsy approval of Walter and Laura as a pair.

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