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The lady is the mother of the older brother and the younger brother, Robin. After the nurse dies, the lady takes Moll in. The lady and her family are wealthy and of the highest standing in society. When Robin falls in love with Moll and insists on marrying her, the lady is less than pleased. As a member of the lower class, Moll is not, in the lady’s opinion, an appropriate match for her son, and the lady considers kicking Moll out. However, when Moll claims to resist Robin’s advances out of her sincerest respect for the lady, the lady changes her mind about Moll. The lady begins to encourage the marriage, and she enlists the help of the older brother to convince Moll. Robin dies five years into his marriage to Moll, and after Moll leaves town, the lady takes charge of Moll and Robin’s two children.
The Lady Quotes in Moll Flanders
The Moll Flanders quotes below are all either spoken by The Lady or refer to The Lady. 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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The Older Brother and Moll’s First Marriage
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I wonder at you Brother, says the Sister; Betty wants but one Thing, but she had as good want every Thing, for the Market is against our Sex just now; and if a young Woman have Beauty, Birth, Breeding, Wit, Sense, Manners, Modesty, and all these to an Extream; yet if she have not Money, she’s no Body, she had as good want them all, for nothing but Money now recommends a Woman […].
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The Lady Quotes in Moll Flanders
The Moll Flanders quotes below are all either spoken by The Lady or refer to The Lady. 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:
).
The Older Brother and Moll’s First Marriage
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I wonder at you Brother, says the Sister; Betty wants but one Thing, but she had as good want every Thing, for the Market is against our Sex just now; and if a young Woman have Beauty, Birth, Breeding, Wit, Sense, Manners, Modesty, and all these to an Extream; yet if she have not Money, she’s no Body, she had as good want them all, for nothing but Money now recommends a Woman […].
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