Margery is Clare and John Bellew’s daughter. She is a light-skinned young girl who attends school in Switzerland. Larsen never introduces Margery to the reader, but the other characters discuss her frequently. Margery seems to not be a very big part of Clare’s life, but she is referenced often as one of the reasons that Clare cannot leave John.
Margery Quotes in Passing
The Passing quotes below are all either spoken by Margery or refer to Margery. 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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Part 2, Chapter 4
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“Children aren’t everything…There are other things in the world, though I admit some people don’t seem to suspect it.” And she laughed, more, it seemed, at some secret joke of her own that at her words.
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Margery Quotes in Passing
The Passing quotes below are all either spoken by Margery or refer to Margery. 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:
).
Part 2, Chapter 4
Quotes
“Children aren’t everything…There are other things in the world, though I admit some people don’t seem to suspect it.” And she laughed, more, it seemed, at some secret joke of her own that at her words.
Related Characters:
Related Themes:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
