Mrs. Which never seems to be able to fully materialize wherever they are, but the one time she does, it is as a witch on a broomstick, to the great amusement of Mrs. Whatsit and Mrs. Who. She seems to be the head of their trio, the wisest and most experienced and most solemn of them all, though she is not as affectionate with the children as Mrs. Whatsit is.
Mrs. Which Quotes in A Wrinkle in Time
The A Wrinkle in Time quotes below are all either spoken by Mrs. Which or refer to Mrs. Which. 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 5
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The Medium lost the delighted smile she had worn till then. "Oh, why must you make me look at unpleasant things when there are so many delightful ones to see?"
Again Mrs. Which's voice reverberated through the cave. "Therre will nno llonggerr bee sso many pplleasanntt thinggss too llookk att iff rressponssible ppeoplle ddo nnott ddoo ssomethingg abboutt thee unnppleasanntt oness."
Related Characters:
Mrs. Which (speaker), The Happy Medium (speaker)
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The Black Thing
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Chapter 11
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"Angels!" Calvin shouted suddenly from across the table. "Guardian angels!" There was a moment's silence, and he shouted again, his face tense with concentration, "Messengers! Messengers of God!"
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Calvin O'Keefe (speaker), Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, Mrs. Which
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Mrs. Which Character Timeline in A Wrinkle in Time
The timeline below shows where the character Mrs. Which appears in A Wrinkle in Time. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 3
...Mrs. Who suddenly appear out of nowhere, and the children then meet their third companion, Mrs. Which , whose voice and appearance are strangely distorted (for her to fully materialize would be...
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Chapter 4
...with a tall mountain in the background. Mrs. Whatsit and Mrs. Who materialize nearby, and Mrs. Which appears as a shimmery witch, which Mrs. Whatsit and Mrs. Who find hilarious. The children...
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At this point, at Mrs. Which 's command, Mrs. Whatsit shape-shifts into her real form. She is not a funny old...
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...be dimmed by a dark, terrifying shadow. When they return to the ground, Meg asks Mrs. Which if that Black Thing is what her father is fighting.
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Chapter 5
Mrs. Which reveals that Mr. Murry has been captured and is behind the dark shadow. And they...
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When Calvin demands to know exactly what that dark shadow is, Mrs. Which tells him that it is Evil, the powers of darkness—and that they are going to...
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Chapter 6
...of light, gives its life to destroy the Darkness in a part of the galaxy. Mrs. Which reveals that that is what Mrs. Whatsit did: she was once a star, and gave...
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...to communicate, to Meg, her faults, and to Charles, his childhood. Mrs. Who, who, like Mrs. Which , wasn't able to materialize fully on Camazotz, gives Calvin a quote from Shakespeare's The...
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Chapter 8
...down and eats turkey dinner, he tells Meg and Calvin that they were wrong, that the Mrs. W's were their real enemies the whole time. He is colder, crueler, and stronger, and tells...
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Chapter 11
...in a rush. She tells them all sulkily that their only hope is to call the Mrs. W's . When the beasts ask her to explain who the Mrs. W's are, Meg is...
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Chapter 12
As in previous times when they've appeared, Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which cannot fully materialize on the beasts' planet. Meg begins complaining to them about her father,...
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...Beast, embraces her father lovingly, and, to her surprise, receives a kiss from Calvin. Again, the Mrs. W's each give Meg a gift for her journey. Mrs. Whatsit simply gives Meg her love,...
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