Peg is Arthur’s housekeeper. She cannot read and is hard of hearing. Arthur thinks that makes her a model employee because she can’t go through his papers and has a hard time eavesdropping on him. However, Peg steals documents from Arthur to get back at him for years of mistreatment, showing the consequences of Arthur’s self-serving approach to life. One of the documents she steals is a will that proves that Madeline is the rightful heir to a small fortune. Ralph hires Squeers to steal that document from Peg. Peg and Squeers are arrested when they are caught burning some of those stolen legal documents.