# Mrs. Florin — Vile Bodies character guide

> Mrs. Florin in Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Florin, old Florin

**First appearance:** 0004-ii

## Who they are

A gossipy older woman who keeps tabs on society's doings.

## Relationships

### [Colonel Blount](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vile_bodies_se/characters/colonel_blount)

_professional_

Mrs. Florin is Colonel Blount's long-suffering housekeeper, who manages his household and endures his drunken demands.

### [Adam Fenwick-Symes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vile_bodies_se/characters/adam_fenwick_symes)

_social_

Adam interacts with Mrs. Florin as a familiar presence at the Blount household, where she is a source of practical information and mild gossip.

### [Colonel Blount](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vile_bodies_se/characters/colonel_blount)

_professional_

Mrs. Florin is Colonel Blount's long-suffering housekeeper, who manages his household and endures his drunken demands.

### [Colonel Blount](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vile_bodies_se/characters/colonel_blount)

_professional_

Mrs. Florin is Colonel Blount's long-suffering housekeeper, who manages his household and endures his drunken demands.

### [Adam Fenwick-Symes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vile_bodies_se/characters/adam_fenwick_symes)

_social_

Adam interacts with Mrs. Florin as a familiar presence at the Blount household, where she is a source of practical information and mild gossip.

## In the story

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

Serves tea at Colonel Blount's and comments on the spaniel.

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

Mrs. Florin helps prepare the Christmas dinner and receives the family's annual visit to the servants' hall.

## Links

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