Mrs. Marders

Submitted by sfr on Fri, 2020-01-17 12:50
Character Key Number: 
1493
Display Name: 
Mrs. Marders
Sort Name: 
Marders, Mrs.
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

A gossipy friend of Belle Mitchell's in Flags in the Dust. It is she who tells Narcissa that her brother and Belle are having an affair. The narrator tells us that "her eyes were like the eyes of an old turkey, predatory and unwinking; a little obscene" (184).

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