Unnamed Wife of David Colbert
Character Key Number:
2887
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Unnamed Wife of David Colbert
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Unnamed Wife of David Colbert
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
No
Biography:
In "A Courtship," this woman is the great-aunt of the second cousin of Herman Basket's aunt (363). As the wife of the "chief Man of the Chickasaws" (365), she would have a lot of status. From her, Herman Basket's aunt acquires both a "silver wine pitcher" (363) and a belief in her own family's superiority.