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In “Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat,” Miss Pulteney is Mr. Bixby’s young, attractive secretary. Though she does not appear until the end of the story, she unwittingly delivers the final twist. Mrs. Bixby spends the entire story obsessed with the luxurious mink coat given to her as a parting gift by the Colonel, only to discover that Mr. Bixby has gifted the coat to Miss Pulteney instead. As she walks past Mrs. Bixby while wearing the coat, it becomes clear that Mr. Bixby has been unfaithful—an irony not lost on Mrs. Bixby, who never imagined her husband capable of conducting a secret affair.
Miss Pulteney Quotes in The Great Automatic Grammatizator
The The Great Automatic Grammatizator quotes below are all either spoken by Miss Pulteney or refer to Miss Pulteney. 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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2. Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat Quotes
‘I’m afraid you mustn’t expect anything else for Christmas. Fifty dollars was rather more than I was going to spend anyway.’
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Miss Pulteney Character Timeline in The Great Automatic Grammatizator
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2. Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat
...Cyril casually mentions he’ll be working late that evening. Mrs. Bixby walks past his secretary, Miss Pulteney , who is wearing the Colonel’s beautiful mink coat.
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