Character sketch of aunt Maria in Three Men in a Boat
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Maria is loyal to her mistress, Lady Olivia. However, she uses that trust and loyalty to copy Olivia's handwriting to play a trick on Malvolio, the steward of Olivia's household. She, along with Sir Toby, Feste the clown, and Sir Andrew, are mistreated by Malvolio, and decide to play an elaborate joke on him. They drop a note from 'Lady Olivia' in Malvolio's path, and watch him in secret as he picks it up. It tells him to smile weirdly all the time, to wear yellow stockings, and to wear his garters crossed, among other strange behavior. Malvolio does all of these things, and ends up looking like a fool in front of Olivia
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