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In D.H. Lawrences The Horse Dealers Daughter,Mabel did not share the same look as her brothers (195).Mabel Pervin was not close to her brothers, because therewere personal and physical separations. Mabel was a plain,uninteresting woman. She seldom showed emotion on herface. In fact her face usually remained impassive andunchanged. Her brothers could be described as threehandsome and well-spoken men. Mabel was independent,having taken care of the house for ten years without aservant. Even though they depended upon her, theyseemed to have control over her. The Pervin brothers didnot care about anything (195). They were poised and felt stop about themselves. Her brothers felt superior to her.They had talked at her and round her for so many years,that she hardly heard them at all (196). She would eithergive a neutral response to her brothers, or remain quietwhen they talked to her. Instead of plentiful herencouragement, they teased her. This treatment could haveled to her insecurity. They would tease her about becominga maid or about her bulldog face. Her brothers were fullof energy and rattling talkative. Mabel also seemed to bealone in the sphere. Unlike her brothers who had manycompanions, she had had no friends of her own sex.Sometimes it seemed that Mabel wanted to escape her life.One place Mabel felt secure and immune from the worldwas at her mothers grave. There she always felt secure,as if no one could see her (200). Mabel was extremelydevoted to her dead soul parents, especially her mother.She was mindless and persistent. At the graveside, she hadmany different feelings. She seemed to be coming nearer toher own glorification. Also she would become remote andintent. She seemed to feel contact with the world thatmother had lived.