In Peekay's life, Mrs. Boxall plays the role of someone whom he can trust to be honest, fair, and someone who won't look down on him. After Doc was in a dispute with the soldiers who were attempting to take him away to prison, Peekay gets caught up in the trouble and is kicked in the jaw. Peekay is than unable to speak as his jaw is broken and the townspeople believe Doc attempted to inflict serious harm upon Peekay. Unable to talk due to his jaw, but wanting to clear up the confusion with Doc, he writes what happened. The narrator states “I spent the rest of the evening writing for Mrs Boxall a long, detailed description of what had happened.” (97) Peekay trust Mrs. Boxall as he knows she will be fair. He knows she will get the the information