Irwine, Miss Anne

The Rector's half-invalid sister, to whom he is devoted. "And Mr. Irwine's sisters, as any person of family within ten miles of Broxton could have testified, were such stupid un interesting women! It was quite a pity handsome, clever Mrs. Irwine should have had such commonplace daughters . . . But no one ever thought of mentioning the Miss Irwines, except the poor people in Broxton village, who regarded them as deep in the science of medicine, and spoke of them vaguely as 'the gentle folks'."

<em>Adam Bede</em>

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