Gascoigne, Mrs. Nancy

The rector's devoted wife; Mrs. Davilow's sister. "Mrs. Gascoigne bore a family likeness to her sister. But she was darker and slighter, her face was unworn by grief, her movements were less languid, her expression more alert and critical as that of a rector's wife bound to exert a beneficent authority. Their closest resemblance lay in a non-resistant disposition, inclined to imitation and obedience . . . [she] believed herself the most enviable of wives, and her pliancy had ended in her some times taking shapes of surprising definiteness."

<em>Daniel Deronda</em>

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