Unnamed Mother of Mrs. Harriss

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3638
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Unnamed Mother of Mrs. Harriss
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Unnamed Mother of Mrs. Harriss
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
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Mrs. Harriss's mother is referred to as her husband’s "own life’s one monogamous love" (150). (Based on other Yoknapatawpha fictions, this woman is Mrs. Backus, but that name is not used in "Knight's Gambit.")