Mrs Royde

In the novel Towards Zero, Mrs Royde is the mother of Adrian and Thomas. She lives at a rectory, so her husband might have been a vicar. Mrs Royde is a distant aunt of Audrey Strange. She took in and brought up Audrey when she became an orphan. After Audrey's marriage with Nevile Strange broke up, she went back to live with Mrs Royde for a while.