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The Lady on the Grey is a mythical woman on a big white horse. She comes for people when they die and takes them to their death on the back of her horse. All the ghosts respect her and fear her, so when she encourages the graveyard’s residents to take Bod in, they listen. Bod dances with her during the Macabray.
The Lady on the Grey Quotes in The Graveyard Book
The The Graveyard Book quotes below are all either spoken by The Lady on the Grey or refer to The Lady on the Grey. 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 Quotes
He straightened up, and looked around him. The dead had gone, and the Lady on the Grey. Only the living remained, and they were beginning to make their way home—leaving the town square sleepily, stiffly, like people who had awakened from a deep sleep, walking without truly waking.
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The Lady on the Grey Character Timeline in The Graveyard Book
The timeline below shows where the character The Lady on the Grey appears in The Graveyard Book. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 1
The ghosts discuss into early morning. But the arrival of a beautiful woman on horseback—the Lady on the Grey —stops them short. She’s the one who takes each person to their death. She announces...
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Chapter 5
...ghosts always remember. Then, she points excitedly to a horse carrying a beautiful woman. The Lady on the Grey dismounts, curtseys to the dancers, and then joins them. The dance gets faster and Bod...
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Someone announces the last dance and Bod finds himself dancing with the Lady on the Grey . Bod compliments her horse and asks if he can ride it. The Lady says...
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Chapter 8
...says she still feels young and remembers the night that Bod arrived. She remembers the Lady on the Grey telling everyone to be charitable, and she’s glad Bod came to them. Then, Mother Slaughter...
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...proud of Bod. He heads toward the city, smiling. One day he’ll ride with the Lady on the Grey , but for now, he has to live.
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