NPCs · first: MM E1
Matilda Molesly
Mrs. Molesly is the housekeeper and head of the maid staff at Loam Hall, an ancient mole in huge Coke bottle glasses, a little gray bun and a maid's outfit MM E1·01:33:34. She tells Gangie, who stands in the rain, to come inside to a cup of tea MM E1·01:33:50. She says "Get yourself a spot of tea, love", and keeps scones with clotted cream aside for him MM E1·01:34:23.
Mrs. Molesly is the mole housekeeper of Loam Hall, who says she was nanny to the squire as a baby and has been there longer than any other beast MM E1·01:33:34 MM E2·01:43:42. She is found in the study with the squire's body, saying "He was digging into his own chest with a knife." MM E2·02:22:11. In MM_03 she sits with blood on her hands, her pupils dilating, and Sylvester shows with a flashbulb that her lapses are epilepsy; she says she has been meaning to see a doctor MM E3·00:38:45 MM E3·00:55:17 MM E3·01:07:43 MM E3·01:08:15. In MM_06 she comforts Gangie and says she would like to give the murderer, "who tried to frame me", a stern talking to, and she tells Gangie that Loam Hall was built on Roman ruins MM E6·01:49:59 MM E6·02:16:21 MM E6·02:17:11.
In MM_08 Brennan reports her saying "It only goes down to the cellar at three o'clock." MM E8·01:02:28. In MM_09 a guest says she knows the house best, and a constable grabs her by the neck and says "You're gonna tell us everything." MM E9·01:57:55 MM E9·01:57:58 MM E9·01:58:06. In MM_10 a constable interrogates her, and when Gangie is clubbed she screams "Not my son!" MM E10·01:05:49 MM E10·01:13:03. She explains that Dr. Magpie told her that night that only a bright flash of artificial light triggers her fits, and Brennan says the camera's flash was what triggered her fit in the study MM E10·01:23:24 MM E10·01:36:31. Gangie wakes in her bed after falling through the roof MM E10·02:25:28. She tells him "I'm glad you're feeling well, dearie." MM E10·02:26:33.
By episode
MM E1: It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
MM E2: A Scandal in Britannia
MM E3: A Time For Clues
- Mrs. Molesly — housekeeper/nanny, mole in "Coke bottle glasses", hands covered in blood; says the squire stabbed himself and that she was to be let go with a small sum of money — 00:44:06, 00:55:17
"Well, if you're a criminal at least you're an honest one." — 01:33:56
Her pupils are rapidly dilating — 00:38:45; Sylvester uses it: "Mrs. Molesly's pupils dilated" — 01:07:43. Called epileptic by Sylvester; has not seen a doctor: "I've been meaning to go to the doctor for a while" — 01:08:15
MM E4: The Stabber of the Evening
- Mrs. Molesly — in the Study, looks on — 00:03:27
MM E6: Busted
- Mrs. Molesly (Matilda Molesly) — comforts Gangie, tells him of the cellars; says someone "tried to frame me" and she would like to give the murderer "a stern talking to" — 01:49:59, 02:15:51, 02:16:21, 02:17:11
"I wouldn't trust myself with a scalpel, mind you." — 01:48:26
"Strange things afoot. Some sort of nixie or boggart." — 01:49:59