Odour of Chrysanthemums | Mrs. Bates
Mrs. Bates is the mother of Walter Bates, the miner whose death is at the heart of this story. A somewhat naive and irritable, self-pitying woman of about sixty, Mrs. Bates is asked by a neighbor to go and sit with her daughter-in-law when it is discovered that Walter has had an accident in the mine. She sits with Elizabeth, voicing her fears about the fate of her son and recalling memories of his early life. When Walter’s dead body is brought into the house, she begins to weep and lament, and she has to be quieted so that she doesn’t wake her grandchildren. She finally assists...
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