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Younger sister to Tom Bloomfield, Mary Ann is a large, rosy-cheeked six-year-old. Spoiled, vain, and lazy, Mary Ann often refuses to do the work her governess Agnes assigns to her and screams at painful volume when Agnes attempts—against Mary Ann’s parents’ wishes—to discipline her. Mary Ann’s mother Mrs. Bloomfield eventually fires Agnes for her children’s poor behavior.
Mary Ann Bloomfield Quotes in Agnes Grey
The Agnes Grey quotes below are all either spoken by Mary Ann Bloomfield or refer to Mary Ann Bloomfield. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 2: First Lessons in the Art of Instruction
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“Surely, Tom, you would not strike your sister! I hope I shall never see you do that.”
“You will sometimes: I’m obliged to do it now and then to keep her in order.”
“But it is not your business to keep her in order, you know, that is for—”
“Well, now go and put on your bonnet.”
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Chapter 3: A Few More Lessons
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The habitual fear of their father’s peevish temper, and the dread of the punishments he was wont to inflict when irritated, kept them generally within bounds in his immediate presence. The girls, too, had some fear of their mother’s anger; and the boy might occasionally be bribed to do as she bid him by the hope of reward: but I had no rewards to offer, and as for punishments, I was given to understand, the parents reserved that privilege for themselves; and yet they expected me to keep my pupils in order.
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Mary Ann Bloomfield Quotes in Agnes Grey
The Agnes Grey quotes below are all either spoken by Mary Ann Bloomfield or refer to Mary Ann Bloomfield. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 2: First Lessons in the Art of Instruction
Quotes
“Surely, Tom, you would not strike your sister! I hope I shall never see you do that.”
“You will sometimes: I’m obliged to do it now and then to keep her in order.”
“But it is not your business to keep her in order, you know, that is for—”
“Well, now go and put on your bonnet.”
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 3: A Few More Lessons
Quotes
The habitual fear of their father’s peevish temper, and the dread of the punishments he was wont to inflict when irritated, kept them generally within bounds in his immediate presence. The girls, too, had some fear of their mother’s anger; and the boy might occasionally be bribed to do as she bid him by the hope of reward: but I had no rewards to offer, and as for punishments, I was given to understand, the parents reserved that privilege for themselves; and yet they expected me to keep my pupils in order.
