Minor Characters
Reverend Verringer
A Methodist minister and head of the committee that is working to secure a federal pardon for Grace. The Reverend loyally maintains a belief in Grace’s innocence, and he is ultimately successful in obtaining a pardon for her. He is depicted as relatively sympathetic, if slightly self-important, character.
Dr. Edward Murchie
A friend of Dr. Simon Jordan’s. Edward and Simon were undergraduates at Harvard together.
Miss Marianne
Miss Lydia’s sister.
William P. Jordan
Dr. Simon Jordan’s late father.
Mrs. Alderman Parkinson
Grace’s first employer. Mrs. Alderman Parkinson is an American, and Grace describes her as “an imposing figure of a woman.” Mrs. Alderman Parkinson coddles her son George when he takes ill, and Grace seems to think that she does not suspect her son of impregnating Mary Whitney.
Richard Parkinson
Mrs. Alderman Parkinson’s other son, also a Harvard student.
Mrs. Honey
Housekeeper for Mrs. Alderman Parkinson.
Agnes
One of the chambermaids at Mrs. Alderman Parkinson’s.
Effie
Another chambermaid at Mrs. Alderman Parkinson’s.
Mrs. Quennell
A friend of the Governor’s wife. Mrs. Quennell participates in the Governor’s wife’s discussion circles, and is a practitioner of Spiritualism, which involves communicating with the dead.
Uncle Roy
Aunt Pauline’s husband, a shopkeeper. Uncle Roy pays for the passage of Grace and her entire family from Ireland to Canada.
The Guards
Two unnamed men who escort Grace to and from the Governor’s house every day and who both verbally and physically harass her.
Janet
Daughter of the warden who is in charge at the time of Grace’s release from prison. Janet helps Grace make a new wardrobe after her release, and also escorts her to the States, where she stands as bridesmaid at Grace’s wedding to Jamie Walsh.