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Mrs. Sarah Schofield
Mother Beal is an elderly woman living in the Hopersville shantytown along the Minnesota River. She is Sarah Schofield’s mother, Powell Schofield’s mother-in-law, and Maybeth’s grandmother. A generous woman, Mother Beal invites Odie and Captain Gray to share in her family’s meager meals, illustrating the power of mutual aid. She is judgmental of Mr. Schofield’s alcoholism, but she is pleasantly surprised when he admits his weakness and asks for her help.
Mother Beal Quotes in This Tender Land
The This Tender Land quotes below are all either spoken by Mother Beal or refer to Mother Beal. 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 38
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We played some tunes together. My repertoire was broader than his, but we knew a few of the same melodies, and as we played, folks came away from their own little places and gathered around the fire. And a kind of miracle happened, or what I thought of then as a miracle. One man brought out a sack of ginger cookies and passed them around to children who were there. Someone else offered up a jug of cider. Apple slices appeared and some cheese and bread. And while Captain Gray and I played, and a few of the folks who knew the tunes sang along, the people in the gathering, none of whom had much, found a way to feed one another.
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Mother Beal Quotes in This Tender Land
The This Tender Land quotes below are all either spoken by Mother Beal or refer to Mother Beal. 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 38
Quotes
We played some tunes together. My repertoire was broader than his, but we knew a few of the same melodies, and as we played, folks came away from their own little places and gathered around the fire. And a kind of miracle happened, or what I thought of then as a miracle. One man brought out a sack of ginger cookies and passed them around to children who were there. Someone else offered up a jug of cider. Apple slices appeared and some cheese and bread. And while Captain Gray and I played, and a few of the folks who knew the tunes sang along, the people in the gathering, none of whom had much, found a way to feed one another.
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