Marjorie Pereira

Marjorie Pereira is a character from Kaori Yuki's Cain Saga.

Appearance
Marjorie is a young girl with long, straight blonde hair. She styles her hair in twin plaits, which reach just below her chest in length. Because of her poor eyesight, she wears large wire-framed glasses.

She dresses in a black knee-length gown with a high collar.

History
Marjorie is the daughter of Basil Pereira, a timid and soft-spoken Mortician, and his wife. Basil committed suicide before the chapter begins, after being framed for thefts committed by his employees. His wife was revealed to have been having an affair with one of Basil's employees, and ran off with him after Basil was left bankrupt. Marjorie was unable to give her father a proper burial, as his death was a suicide. Traumatized by the death of her father and the cruelty of his companions, Marjorie swears to avenge Basil by having his employees murdered and buried alongside him in a mass funeral.

Story (Spoilers Ahead)
Both introduced and left behind during the second part of Volume 3; in the The Mortician's Daughter (pts. 1-3). At some point before the beginning of the Mortician's Daughter chapters, a character known at first only as "Mr. Coffin Maker" comes into the service of Marjorie as a personal assassin. With his help, Marjorie is able to have three of her father's four employees tracked down and murdered. By the time she is introduced in the manga, Marjorie has already developed somewhat of a bond with the Coffin Maker. She is comfortable enough in his presence not to be unnerved by his appearance, unlike her visiting aunt.

Mortician's Daughter, Part 1
When her aunt Ursula visits the mortuary and sees the conditions Marjorie is living in, she begs her niece to sell the property and live at her home in the countryside. Marjorie reassures Ursula that with the Coffin Maker's help, running the Mortuary is no trouble. She also points out that Ursula doesn't have the money to support her after adopting two orphans. Upon seeing the Coffin Maker in person, Ursula becomes nervous and flustered, quickly leaving. The Coffin Maker shows concern for Marjorie's situation, but Marjorie again insists that she will stay and see that her father is properly buried. She explains that although her aunt has good intentions, she is influenced by those who are trying to buy the property the Mortuary sits on. She then lends a handkerchief to the Coffin Maker, and the two proceed to discuss their final victim, Oscar O'Brien.

Mortician's Daughter, Part 2
The Coffin Maker comes into conflict with the protagonist, Cain Hargreaves, after mistaking Oscar Gabriel for Oscar O'Brien. After a night of drinking, Oscar discovers that the men he had held company with received ominous black-bordered letters foretelling their deaths, and that all three men have already been found dead in their homes. He shows his own letter to Cain, along with the Ace of Swords tarot card that accompanied it. Intrigued by a possible lead on his father's organization, Cain goes to the scene of the most recent death to investigate. He and Oscar are ambushed by the Coffin Maker shortly after entering the victim's home. In his haste to escape, the Coffin Maker drops Marjorie's handkerchief.

Rather than being disappointed that the Coffin Maker did not complete the final murder, Marjorie consoles him and tends to the wounds he was dealt during the confrontation. She opens up to the Coffin Maker during this time, sharing her father's story with him, as well as her own. Though up until now Marjorie has been depicted as a cheerful girl, it is shown that this personality is more of a front, hiding the vengeful and bitter aspects of herself. Marjorie's mother was displeased with her daughter's looks when her eyesight required that she wear glasses, and encouraged her to smile more often, saying it was the least she could do. Marjorie's father was closer and dearer to her than her mother, and so his loss impacted her worse than her mother's abandonment. Before his death, she had promised Basil that she would never leave like her mother had. It is revealed that she intends to keep this promise to him by sealing herself in the mortuary with the bodies of her father and his four employees.

Mortician's Daughter, Part 3
Using the initials embroidered on the handkerchief, Cain is able to trace the murders back to the Pereira Mortuary. While Riff and Oscar distract the Coffin Maker, Cain visits the mortuary. He finds Marjorie lighting candles around the coffins of the deceased men, and proceeds to confront her about her plans. He presses her for information on the Coffin Maker, hoping to gain some insight to Delilah's motives, but she refuses to believe anything he says. Before Cain can get any more out of her, the Coffin Maker shows up and tackles Cain, accidentally knocking over a candelabra and setting the mortuary alight. In his anger, he attempts to shoot Cain with his blowgun, only to find that it has been replaced with a poisoned one. He then realizes that he cannot complete his mission, and instead focuses on making sure Marjorie is kept safe. As the building collapses, he uses the last of his strength to push Marjorie out of harm's way and give Cain the address of her aunt. He chooses to die in the fire rather than accept the antidote and face Delilah.

Cain carries Marjorie from the burning mortuary, and later escorts her to her aunt's estate. At the end of the chapter, she receives a black-bordered letter from the Coffin Maker, written to her before his death, which reveals his true name to be Grifford.

In the final page of The Mortician's Daughter, the remains of the mortuary are shown with a sign reading "Barabbas and Company, Demense". This company is one of Delilah's many puppets, and the property will later be used in Delilah's doomsday scheme.