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Dr. Binswanger
A woman in her mid-forties, the Governor’s wife hosts twice-weekly discussion meetings in her home and is also a member of the committee Reverend Verringer heads, which is working to secure a pardon for Grace. The Governor’s wife employs Grace in her home, mostly as a seamstress, and she is kind to Grace. Dr. Simon Jordan describes her as having an “alarmed, slightly pop-eyed look.”
The Governor’s Wife Quotes in Alias Grace
The Alias Grace quotes below are all either spoken by The Governor’s Wife or refer to The Governor’s Wife. 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 3
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They are like birdcages; but what is being caged in? Legs, the legs of ladies; legs penned in so they cannot get out and go rubbing up against the gentlemen’s trousers. The Governor’s wife never says legs, although the newspapers said legs when they were talking about Nancy, with her dead legs sticking out from under the washtub.
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The Governor’s Wife Quotes in Alias Grace
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).
Chapter 3
Quotes
They are like birdcages; but what is being caged in? Legs, the legs of ladies; legs penned in so they cannot get out and go rubbing up against the gentlemen’s trousers. The Governor’s wife never says legs, although the newspapers said legs when they were talking about Nancy, with her dead legs sticking out from under the washtub.
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