# Flora Furness — Years of Grace character guide > Flora Furness in Years of Grace by Margaret Ayer Barnes. **Role:** supporting **Also known as:** Miss Flora, Cousin Flora **First appearance:** 0004-i ## Who they are Jane's fashionable cousin, lovely and listless, gliding through luxury trains and ballrooms with a sapphire on her hand and nothing much to do. ## Relationships ### [Jane Ward](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/characters/jane_ward) _friendship_ Flora Furness is a friend and contemporary of Jane, sharing social and personal experiences. ### [Jane Ward](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/characters/jane_ward) _friendship_ Flora Furness is a friend and contemporary of Jane, sharing social and personal experiences. ### [Jane Ward](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/characters/jane_ward) _friendship_ Flora Furness is a friend and contemporary of Jane, sharing social and personal experiences. ## In the story ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/i) Jane's friend, fifteen, from a wealthy family; she teases Jane about André and has stylish clothes from New York. ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/i) A friend of Jane's, mentioned in the context of the upcoming party and her mother's sudden trip to Galena. ### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/ii) Part of the party; spots her mother in a gondola with Mr. Bert Lancaster, causing tension. ### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/ii) Compared to President Thomas; her mother's beauty and soul are contrasted. ### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/iv) Flora is not coming out this winter; she is returning to Farmington with Muriel. ### [Commencement](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/vi) Jane is to come out with Flora. ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/i) Flora is mentioned as Muriel's friend and the daughter of Mrs. Furness, who is involved in the gossip about Bert. ### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/ii) Flora is behind the chocolate pot at the party, looking like a Dresden shepherdess in pale blue silk. ### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/iii) The hostess of the ball, dressed in white taffeta with pink roses, queen of the evening. ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/i) Bridesmaid; her mother's absence is a topic of speculation. ### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/ii) Grieving her mother's suicide, receives comfort from Jane and Mrs. Lester. ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/i) Grieving her mother; sorting through belongings; gives Jane a pin; goes to rest after being tired. ### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/iii) Mentioned as an unmarried woman, contrasted with Jane's situation. ### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/v) Going to the theatre with Jane and Mr. Furness that evening. ### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/vi) Flora plays cribbage with Mr. Furness, appearing listless and trapped in a monotonous life. ### [Chapter VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/vii) Travels with Jane and Mr. Furness; greets Stephen warmly at the station. ### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/v) Discusses her new hat shop with Stephen, who gives her cost accounting advice. ### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/ii) Mentioned as being with Muriel in the hat shop when the gossip began. ### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/v) Hat shop owner, designs the bridesmaid hats and discusses her war charity and plans to move to Paris. ### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/v) Visits Jane, expresses regret over lost opportunities and her brief engagement to Inigo Fellowes. ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/i) Flora writes to Jane about André and his wife Cyprienne. ### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/iv) Flora is mentioned as having been kind to Cicily in Paris, hosting parties and offering her apartment for the wedding. ### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/v) Visits Jane in her hotel room; brings roses; discusses Cicily, Muriel, and André Duroy; appears subtly subdued and sophisticated. ### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/vii) Mentioned as the host for Cicily's upcoming wedding to Albert. ### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/viii) Hosts the wedding in her Paris drawing-room; wears pale grey taffeta and talks to Ed Brown. ### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/ix) Hosts Cicily's wedding; urges Jane to go to André's studio. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/characters/flora_furness - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/characters