For most b&bs, the focus is on cleanliness and coffee/tea in the morning. With Mary's,. those issues are important, but she is a key element. She could found Uber-mom; you don't just stay in her house, you stay with her. She suggests restaurants and routes, and has still-warm croissants or a baguette for you in the morning with jams that produce Pavlovian responses on your second morning. By the second morning, she handed my wife a cup of coffee, the way Sandy likes it, as Sandy entered the dining room.
Her house shows her eclectic personality; books that beg to be read and artwork that tickles new spots in the brain.
But to get to the basics: the rooms and her backyard invite you to spend quality time there, and you must remember that to see Quebec, you are obliged to force yourself to leave. The house is quiet, in a residential neighborhood worth a walk in itself. Off-street parking is behind her house, and Mary can help direct you to public parking in various parts of the city.
Staying with Mary is a going-home while visiting Quebec.