Details
Origin: Probably London
Age: Middle to Late
Marital Status: Married to a one time fitter in a ladies establishment who left her but is still alive.
Relations: A sister called Martha who lives locally but is rarely mentioned.
Former occupation: Once a kitchen maid at Eaton Square, London
Speech: London
Character: She is honest and sound-hearted but given to flights of emotion and fancies. She is not a gossip, providing simple and effective service to the captains with commendable loyalty, even when they quarrel. She believes herself to have come down in the world, thus necessitating respect in her employers. Palmerston Burt does well under her authority. Maybe it is thanks to her that the captains’ quarrel does not destroy the household. It is quite possible that Q modelled Mrs Bowldler on someone he knew, possibly during his residence in London.