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Tom Bloomfield
Mrs. Bloomfield is an acquaintance of Agnes Grey’s aunt and the first person to employ Agnes as a governess for her school-aged children Tom, Mary Ann, and Fanny. Cold and haughty, Mrs. Bloomfield will not allow an employee like Agnes to discipline her children yet blames Agnes for their poor behavior. She eventually fires Agnes because her children are so poorly behaved.
Mrs. Bloomfield Quotes in Agnes Grey
The Agnes Grey quotes below are all either spoken by Mrs. Bloomfield or refer to Mrs. Bloomfield. 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 3: A Few More Lessons
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The habitual fear of their father’s peevish temper, and the dread of the punishments he was wont to inflict when irritated, kept them generally within bounds in his immediate presence. The girls, too, had some fear of their mother’s anger; and the boy might occasionally be bribed to do as she bid him by the hope of reward: but I had no rewards to offer, and as for punishments, I was given to understand, the parents reserved that privilege for themselves; and yet they expected me to keep my pupils in order.
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Chapter 5: The Uncle
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“Curse me, if I ever saw a nobler little scoundrel than that. He’s beyond petticoat government already: by God! He defies mother, granny, governess, and all! Ha, ha, ha!”
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Mrs. Bloomfield Quotes in Agnes Grey
The Agnes Grey quotes below are all either spoken by Mrs. Bloomfield or refer to Mrs. Bloomfield. 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 3: A Few More Lessons
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The habitual fear of their father’s peevish temper, and the dread of the punishments he was wont to inflict when irritated, kept them generally within bounds in his immediate presence. The girls, too, had some fear of their mother’s anger; and the boy might occasionally be bribed to do as she bid him by the hope of reward: but I had no rewards to offer, and as for punishments, I was given to understand, the parents reserved that privilege for themselves; and yet they expected me to keep my pupils in order.
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Chapter 5: The Uncle
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“Curse me, if I ever saw a nobler little scoundrel than that. He’s beyond petticoat government already: by God! He defies mother, granny, governess, and all! Ha, ha, ha!”
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