{ "schemaVersion": 1, "slug": "the-mysteries-of-udolpho-pg3268", "title": "The Mysteries of Udolpho", "author": "Ann Ward Radcliffe", "language": "en", "spoilers": true, "characters": [ { "name": "Emily", "aliases": [], "description": "St. Aubert’s daughter and Blanche’s close friend, now married to Valancourt. She returns to La Vallée, buys her father’s former domain from Monsieur Quesnel, gives Annette a marriage portion, and resigns Signora Laurentini’s legacy to Monsieur Bonnac." }, { "name": "Blanche", "aliases": [ "Lady Blanche" ], "description": "The Count’s daughter and Emily’s close friend, now married to the Chevalier St. Foix. She celebrates her marriage alongside Emily at Château-le-Blanc." }, { "name": "Valancourt", "aliases": [ "M. Valancourt", "the Chevalier" ], "description": "A young Gascon gentleman and army officer who loves Emily and is now her husband. He returns with her to La Vallée, where his brother gives him part of his estate." }, { "name": "Countess De Villefort", "aliases": [ "the Countess" ], "description": "The Count’s second wife and stepmother to Blanche and Henri. She congratulates Valancourt on his reunion with Emily and attends the wedding festivities." }, { "name": "The Chevalier St. Foix", "aliases": [ "the Count’s visitor", "M. St. Foix", "the young St. Foix" ], "description": "The amiable son of Baron de Saint Foix and Blanche’s fiancé, now her husband. Fully recovered from his wounds in the Pyrenees, he joins the wedding celebration." }, { "name": "Count De Villefort", "aliases": [ "Francis Beauveau", "the Count" ], "description": "A nobleman and father of Blanche and Henri, who cares deeply for Emily. He celebrates the marriages at Château-le-Blanc and later welcomes Valancourt’s brother to congratulate the couple." }, { "name": "Henri", "aliases": [ "Mons. Henri" ], "description": "The Count’s son and Blanche’s brother. He attends the wedding celebration at Château-le-Blanc." }, { "name": "Monsieur Bonnac", "aliases": [ "M. Bonnac", "Mons. Bonnac" ], "description": "A French officer and husband of an Italian woman related to Laurentini. Emily gives him the legacy Laurentini left her, and his wife inherits Udolpho; the inheritance restores his family’s comfort." }, { "name": "M. Du Pont", "aliases": [ "Mons. Du Pont", "Monsieur Du Pont" ], "description": "An amiable man who has long loved Emily. Recognizing Valancourt’s worth, he leaves Château-le-Blanc to overcome his unreturned affection, and Emily regards his conduct with admiration and pity." }, { "name": "Annette", "aliases": [ "Madame Montoni’s woman", "Madame Montoni’s servant" ], "description": "Madame Montoni’s former servant, now accompanying Emily. Overjoyed at Valancourt’s return, she marries Ludovico, receives a portion from Emily, and becomes housekeeper at Emily’s former family domain." }, { "name": "Ludovico", "aliases": [], "description": "A servant of Signor Cavigni and Annette’s beloved, now serving the Count. He marries Annette and becomes steward of Emily’s former family domain." }, { "name": "Dorothée", "aliases": [ "the old housekeeper of the château", "the old woman" ], "description": "The longtime housekeeper at Château-le-Blanc who served the late Marchioness de Villeroi. Seeing the castle restored to its former splendor, she remembers its appearance in her youth." }, { "name": "Theresa", "aliases": [], "description": "The elderly housekeeper at La Vallée, supported by Valancourt’s kindness. She joyfully welcomes Emily and Valancourt when they return to live there." }, { "name": "Valancourt’s brother", "aliases": [ "the Count de Duvarney", "the Count" ], "description": "Valancourt’s much older brother, who raised him and lives at Estuvière. He congratulates Valancourt on his marriage and gives him part of his rich domain, having no family of his own." }, { "name": "M. Quesnel", "aliases": [ "Mons. Quesnel", "Monsieur Quesnel" ], "description": "Madame St. Aubert’s brother and Emily’s uncle, who acquired St. Aubert’s paternal estate. He sells the ancient domain back to Emily." }, { "name": "Signora Laurentini", "aliases": [ "Laurentini", "the Lady Laurentini", "the former possessor of Udolpho" ], "description": "The heiress of Udolpho who became the mistress of the Marquis de Villeroi and later died in a convent in remorse. Her legacy to Emily is passed to Monsieur Bonnac, and Udolpho descends to his wife." }, { "name": "Monsieur Bonnac’s wife", "aliases": [ "Madame Bonnac", "the Italian lady" ], "description": "An Italian woman related to Laurentini and wife of Monsieur Bonnac. She inherits Udolpho as the nearest surviving relation of the Bonnac family." }, { "name": "Charlemagne", "aliases": [], "description": "A ruler depicted in the tapestry at Château-le-Blanc, which portrays his exploits and those of his twelve peers." }, { "name": "Jarl", "aliases": [ "the magician Jarl" ], "description": "A magician depicted in the tapestry at Château-le-Blanc, performing incantations and necromantic feats before Charlemagne." }, { "name": "St. Aubert", "aliases": [ "M. St. Aubert", "Monsieur St. Aubert" ], "description": "Emily’s late father and brother of the Marchioness de Villeroi. He concealed Emily’s relationship to the Marchioness at her request, asked the abbess and his confessor to keep it secret, and instructed Emily to destroy papers concerning the Marchioness’s death." }, { "name": "Sister Agnes", "aliases": [ "Agnes", "the nun" ], "description": "A nun who dies after years of remorse and mental distress. She is Signora Laurentini, formerly the mistress of the Marquis de Villeroi, and confesses that she helped bring about the Marchioness’s murder; she leaves a miniature to Emily, believing it belongs to her." }, { "name": "Sister Frances", "aliases": [ "the nun" ], "description": "A nun at Emily’s convent who had given Emily a false history of Sister Agnes; Laurentini had circulated it to conceal her past." }, { "name": "The lady abbess", "aliases": [ "the abbess" ], "description": "The head of Emily’s convent, who knows that Emily is the Marchioness de Villeroi’s niece and had kept the relationship secret at St. Aubert’s request. She arranges for Emily to learn the truth after Laurentini’s death." }, { "name": "The confessor", "aliases": [ "the holy father", "the friar" ], "description": "A friar who heard St. Aubert’s confession and attended his deathbed. He knew St. Aubert was the Marchioness de Villeroi’s brother and honored his request to keep Emily unaware of the relationship." }, { "name": "The nun who watches Agnes", "aliases": [ "the attendant nun" ], "description": "An unnamed nun who watches beside Agnes during her final illness and helps the abbess care for her during a fit." }, { "name": "The nun who informs Emily of Agnes’s condition", "aliases": [ "the nun who hurries into the parlour" ], "description": "An unnamed nun who tells Emily that Sister Agnes is dying and later reports that Agnes’s spirits were agitated by the arrival of the gentleman she wished to see." }, { "name": "The friar at St. Claire", "aliases": [ "the friar who opens the gate" ], "description": "An unnamed friar who admits Emily to the monastery on her evening walk." }, { "name": "The monks of St. Claire", "aliases": [ "the monks" ], "description": "Unnamed monks at the monastery who attend vespers and sit in the cloisters." }, { "name": "The nuns of St. Claire", "aliases": [ "the nuns", "the sisterhood" ], "description": "Unnamed nuns at Emily’s convent who pray for Agnes and assist her during her final illness." }, { "name": "The boarders at Emily’s convent", "aliases": [ "the boarders" ], "description": "Unnamed residents of the convent who welcome Emily when she visits and offer her comfort after Agnes’s fit." }, { "name": "Monsieur Bonnac’s favourite son", "aliases": [ "the wild son" ], "description": "An unnamed son whose extravagant conduct and wild career contributed to Monsieur Bonnac’s financial distress and imprisonment." }, { "name": "The Marchioness de Villeroi", "aliases": [ "the late Marchioness", "the late lady of Château-le-Blanc" ], "description": "The late wife of the Marquis de Villeroi and sister of St. Aubert, making her Emily’s aunt. Though falsely accused of infidelity, she was innocent; Laurentini and her husband caused her death by slow poison." }, { "name": "The Marquis de Villeroi", "aliases": [ "the late Marquis de Villeroi", "the Marquis" ], "description": "The late husband of the Marchioness and former owner of Château-le-Blanc. Misled by Laurentini into believing his innocent wife had been unfaithful, he consented to her murder by poison, then lived in remorse until his death." }, { "name": "The Marquis de Villeroi’s father-in-law", "aliases": [ "the Marchioness’s father" ], "description": "An unnamed nobleman who commanded his daughter to marry the Marquis de Villeroi despite her attachment to another man." }, { "name": "The Marchioness’s former beloved", "aliases": [ "the gentleman of Gascony", "the other lover" ], "description": "An unnamed gentleman from Gascony to whom the Marchioness was attached when she married the Marquis by her father’s command. The text does not identify him." }, { "name": "Laurentini’s parents", "aliases": [ "her father and mother" ], "description": "Unnamed parents of Laurentini who indulged and harshly opposed her passions rather than teaching her self-command. They died in the same year, leaving her to her own discretion." }, { "name": "Laurentini’s favourite female attendant", "aliases": [ "her favourite woman", "the servant who accompanied her from Italy" ], "description": "An unnamed servant who attended Laurentini during her seclusion at Udolpho and accompanied her secretly to France. At the convent, she sometimes accompanied Laurentini on nighttime walks." }, { "name": "The physician who attends Laurentini", "aliases": [ "the physician" ], "description": "An unnamed physician who treated Laurentini and recommended allowing her nighttime walks as a way to soothe her distressed mind." }, { "name": "The physician bribed after the Marchioness’s death", "aliases": [ "the doctor" ], "description": "An unnamed physician who observed the Marchioness’s appearance after death and was bribed to remain silent." }, { "name": "The Marquis of Udolpho", "aliases": [ "the ancient Marquis of Udolpho" ], "description": "An unnamed ancestor of the house of Udolpho who was condemned by the church to contemplate a wax image resembling a corpse. He preserved the image in the castle and required his descendants to keep it there." }, { "name": "The member of the house of Udolpho who offended the church", "aliases": [ "the descendant who received the penance" ], "description": "An unnamed member of the Udolpho family who committed an offense against the church and was condemned to contemplate the wax image as penance." }, { "name": "The superiors of Emily’s convent", "aliases": [ "the superiors" ], "description": "The unnamed leaders of the convent who are present when Laurentini’s will is opened." }, { "name": "The narrator", "aliases": [], "description": "An unnamed third-person narrator who recounts the characters’ histories and explains the mysteries surrounding Laurentini, the Marchioness, and the wax figure at Udolpho." }, { "name": "The Countess de Duvarney", "aliases": [ "Valancourt’s mother" ], "description": "Valancourt’s mother, mentioned as part of the family name of the Valancourts, Counts Duvarney." }, { "name": "Valancourt’s brother officers", "aliases": [ "the two officers who introduced him to Marchioness Champfort" ], "description": "Unnamed fellow officers who helped draw Valancourt into gaming and dissipation in Paris." }, { "name": "The Marchioness Champfort", "aliases": [ "Marchioness Chamfort" ], "description": "A young widow in Paris whose gatherings drew Valancourt into dissipation. Although the Count had heard that she gave him money, the narrator clarifies that Valancourt never accepted pecuniary support from her." }, { "name": "The mysterious figure behind the west-chamber veil", "aliases": [ "the object in the west chamber", "the waxen image" ], "description": "A wax figure made to resemble a decayed corpse, kept in a chamber at Udolpho as a family penance. Emily mistook it for a human body and believed it was Laurentini’s remains." }, { "name": "The late lady of Udolpho", "aliases": [ "the lady of the castle", "Signora Laurentini" ], "description": "Signora Laurentini, former owner of Udolpho, who was believed to have disappeared mysteriously. She had actually entered a convent in France, where she died after years of remorse." }, { "name": "The Baron de Saint Foix", "aliases": [ "the Baron" ], "description": "An old friend of Count De Villefort and father of the Chevalier St. Foix. The banditti at the fortress mistake the Count for the Baron, whom they blame for the capture of their comrades." }, { "name": "The Count’s servants travelling through the Pyrenees", "aliases": [ "the Count’s attendants" ], "description": "Unnamed servants accompanying the Count’s party. Some are wounded in the fight with the banditti, and they help the party escape from the fortress." }, { "name": "The guides travelling with the Count", "aliases": [ "the two guides", "the chief guide" ], "description": "Unnamed guides who know the mountain paths. They carry the wounded St. Foix on a makeshift litter and help lead the party away from the fortress." }, { "name": "The banditti who murder Count de Beliard", "aliases": [ "the horde of banditti" ], "description": "An unnamed band of brigands; this passage reveals that some of their number are connected with the pirates occupying the ruined fortress. They plot to rob and kill the Count’s party, but are defeated and secured in the fortress dungeon." }, { "name": "The hunters at the mountain fortress", "aliases": [ "the men in hunters’ habits", "the hosts" ], "description": "Men who pretend to be hunters and offer the Count’s party shelter in a ruined fortress. They are banditti who plan to rob and murder their guests." }, { "name": "The banditti chief at the fortress", "aliases": [ "the chief robber", "the first ruffian" ], "description": "A leading bandit who argues that the Count’s party should be secured and robbed. He recognizes St. Foix as the son of a baron who helped bring their comrades to the gallows." }, { "name": "The bandit who recognizes St. Foix", "aliases": [ "the man who gazes at St. Foix" ], "description": "A bandit who recognizes St. Foix but is not recognized by him. He takes part in the plot against the Count’s party." }, { "name": "The bandit who claims to have attacked the Baron", "aliases": [ "the third ruffian", "the third robber" ], "description": "A bandit who says he was among those who attacked the Baron and resents him for the comrades who were captured. He argues over how to rob the Count’s party." }, { "name": "The man who opens the fortress gate", "aliases": [ "the armed man with the hunting spear" ], "description": "An armed man who first opens the gate to question the Count, then begins to close it. Another man calls from above and persuades the party to wait for shelter." }, { "name": "Jacques", "aliases": [], "description": "A man among the apparent hunters at the fortress. He fetches birds from the stone gallery and is later named among those who prepare the meal." }, { "name": "The man silently watching St. Foix", "aliases": [ "the man by the fire" ], "description": "An unidentified man at the fortress who watches St. Foix intently. Blanche later recognizes him among the banditti in a room where they plot against the party." }, { "name": "The tall soldier among the banditti", "aliases": [ "the man with the knapsack" ], "description": "A tall, robust bandit in a faded military uniform who arrives with a companion and a bag of game and plunder. The Count notices the metal glinting in the bag." }, { "name": "The second bandit arriving from the mountains", "aliases": [ "the soldier’s companion" ], "description": "An armed man who arrives at the fortress with the tall soldier, carrying game and a heavy bag. He is among the banditti who plan to rob the Count’s party." }, { "name": "The bandit who guards Blanche", "aliases": [ "the robber who detains Blanche" ], "description": "An unnamed bandit left to guard Blanche after others rush away during the fight. He holds her as she faints." }, { "name": "The pirates at Château-le-Blanc", "aliases": [ "the pirates" ], "description": "An unnamed group who use the castle’s vaults to hide stolen goods from their sea raids. They spread stories that the north apartments are haunted, abduct Ludovico, and are connected with smugglers and banditti in the Pyrenees." }, { "name": "The housekeeper’s husband", "aliases": [ "the château steward" ], "description": "The unnamed husband of the Château-le-Blanc housekeeper. He and his wife were the only residents of the castle for some years before the pirates’ frightening tricks drove them away." }, { "name": "The pirate who hides in the bed", "aliases": [ "the man in the bed" ], "description": "An unnamed pirate who hides beneath a bed’s counterpane when the Château-le-Blanc housekeeper approaches, then frightens her and her companion by raising his face." }, { "name": "The other person who enters the bedroom with the housekeeper", "aliases": [ "the housekeeper’s companion" ], "description": "An unidentified person who accompanies the housekeeper into the bedroom where a pirate is hiding in the bed. The pirate frightens them both into fleeing." }, { "name": "The banditti returning to the fortress", "aliases": [ "the companions out in the mountains" ], "description": "Unnamed members of the banditti who are expected back from the mountains. Their return is signaled by a horn, and the Count’s party leaves to avoid them." }, { "name": "Richard", "aliases": [], "description": "A neighbor’s son who plays the oboe near Theresa’s cottage. His music is heard while Emily is grieving for Valancourt." }, { "name": "Gabriel", "aliases": [], "description": "A servant in the household of the Count de Duvarney. He recounts Valancourt’s kindness to the servants and the poor, his imprisonment in Paris, and his estrangement from the Count." }, { "name": "Gregoire", "aliases": [ "old Gregoire", "the butler" ], "description": "The Count de Duvarney’s butler, who bought a walking-stick so he could visit Valancourt in prison when the Count refused to help him." }, { "name": "The Count de Duvarney’s valet", "aliases": [ "my lord’s valet" ], "description": "An unnamed valet who tells Gregoire that Valancourt had behaved wildly and spent heavily in Paris, and that the Count refused to secure his release from prison." }, { "name": "Philippe", "aliases": [], "description": "Emily’s servant, whom she had ordered to attend her home. Theresa opens the cottage door for him after Emily realizes he is likely the visitor." }, { "name": "The steward of the Count de Duvarney", "aliases": [ "the steward" ], "description": "An unnamed steward whom Theresa sends a messenger to question about Valancourt. He has heard no news of Valancourt since his departure from Languedoc." }, { "name": "The Countess De Villefort", "aliases": [ "the Countess" ], "description": "The Count’s second wife and stepmother to Blanche and Henri. Blanche says she sends a message encouraging Emily to visit Château-le-Blanc." }, { "name": "The lady marchioness", "aliases": [ "the late Marchioness de Villeroi", "the late marchioness", "the late lady of Château-le-Blanc" ], "description": "The former lady of Château-le-Blanc, whose death and the supposed haunting of the north apartments helped the pirates conceal their secret passage and stolen goods." }, { "name": "The messenger Theresa sends to the steward", "aliases": [ "the messenger" ], "description": "An unnamed person Theresa entrusts with an errand to the steward to inquire about Valancourt. The messenger is expected to return the following day." }, { "name": "The people who hear the banditti’s plot", "aliases": [ "the Count’s attendants who learn of the plot" ], "description": "Unnamed attendants whom Ludovico secretly informs of the banditti’s plan to murder and rob the Count’s party. They help coordinate the response that defeats the banditti." }, { "name": "Margaret", "aliases": [ "the nun who leads Agnes to her cell" ], "description": "An unnamed nun at Emily’s convent who gently leads Sister Agnes from the parlour to her cell." }, { "name": "The Count’s father", "aliases": [ "Du Pont’s father" ], "description": "An unnamed man who forbade his son Du Pont to declare his love for Emily because she was of inferior fortune. He later died while Du Pont was away in Italy." }, { "name": "The Count De Villefort", "aliases": [ "Francis Beauveau", "the Count" ], "description": "A nobleman who inherited Château-le-Blanc and father of Blanche and Henri. He encourages Du Pont to hope that Emily may eventually return his love, and later travels with Blanche and the Chevalier St. Foix through the Pyrenees toward La Vallée." }, { "name": "Mademoiselle Bearn", "aliases": [ "Mademoiselle Béarn" ], "description": "A friend and companion of the Countess, who accompanies her on a visit to a family in lower Languedoc." }, { "name": "Jean the gardener", "aliases": [ "the gardener" ], "description": "An unnamed gardener at Emily’s Thoulouse mansion. He fired his gun at a solitary man he took for a robber in the garden; Emily suspects the man was Valancourt." }, { "name": "The servant who guards Emily on the journey", "aliases": [ "the Count’s steady servant" ], "description": "An unnamed, steady servant of the Count who accompanies and guards Emily on her journey from the convent to Thoulouse." }, { "name": "The physicians who attend Emily", "aliases": [ "the physicians" ], "description": "Unnamed doctors summoned when Emily develops a slow fever from anxiety. They prescribe fresh air, gentle exercise, and amusement." }, { "name": "The neighboring families who visit Emily", "aliases": [ "the visitors at Thoulouse" ], "description": "Unnamed families formerly acquainted with Madame Montoni who visit Emily to offer condolences, congratulate her on her inheritance, and ask about Montoni and rumors concerning her." }, { "name": "The Count de Beliard", "aliases": [], "description": "A Count murdered by banditti in the Pyrenees a few years before the journey of Count De Villefort and his family. A monumental cross marks the place where he was killed." }, { "name": "The mountaineers dancing in the valley", "aliases": [ "the French and Spanish peasants", "the group of mountaineers" ], "description": "Unnamed French and Spanish peasants from a nearby hamlet who dance and play music in a green mountain recess as the Count’s party passes." }, { "name": "The watch-dog", "aliases": [ "the dog heard in the mountains" ], "description": "An unnamed dog whose distant barking helps guide the travellers toward a possible inn or shelter in the Pyrenees." }, { "name": "The hunter or shepherd in the mountains", "aliases": [ "the hunter", "the shepherd" ], "description": "An unnamed mountain dweller who may use an old watch-tower as shelter. The Count describes hunters and shepherds as inhabitants of such towers, but does not identify one at this tower." }, { "name": "The smugglers in the Pyrenees", "aliases": [ "French and Spanish smugglers" ], "description": "Unnamed smugglers who cross the Pyrenees with contraband and sometimes shelter in abandoned watch-towers." }, { "name": "The king’s troops pursuing smugglers", "aliases": [ "the soldiers sent against the smugglers", "the military" ], "description": "Unnamed troops sometimes sent into the Pyrenees to pursue smugglers. The Count says encounters between them and smugglers can become deadly." }, { "name": "The wolves in the Pyrenees", "aliases": [ "the wolves" ], "description": "Wolves inhabiting the mountain wilds, which the travellers’ fire is intended to keep away." }, { "name": "The Count’s servants who perform at the concerts", "aliases": [ "the servants who play horns and other instruments" ], "description": "Unnamed servants who perform on horns and other instruments at musical gatherings in the woodland pavilion and nearby woods." }, { "name": "The Count’s servants sent to search for Emily", "aliases": [ "the Count’s servants" ], "description": "Unnamed household servants sent to search the woods for Emily when she remains at the watch-tower after dark." }, { "name": "The maid who faints at the apparition", "aliases": [ "the girl on the back staircase" ], "description": "An unnamed maid who sees an apparition on the second landing-place while climbing the back staircase. She faints at Emily’s door and says the figure glided upstairs and vanished at the door of a recently opened apartment." }, { "name": "The servants who hear the maid’s alarm", "aliases": [ "the servants present" ], "description": "Unnamed Château-le-Blanc servants who gather after the maid faints. Frightened by the reported apparition and Ludovico’s disappearance, several leave or request their discharge." }, { "name": "The Count’s guests", "aliases": [ "the party of the Count’s friends" ], "description": "Unnamed friends who visit the Count at Château-le-Blanc, bringing a period of gaiety and musical entertainments. They attend as Ludovico enters the north apartments and later discuss whether spirits can return to earth." }, { "name": "The Count’s valet", "aliases": [ "Pierre" ], "description": "An unnamed valet who attends the Count. He tells him that mysterious music and a voice are often heard around midnight, apparently coming from the woods." }, { "name": "The nun called Sister Frances", "aliases": [ "Sister Frances" ], "description": "A nun at Emily’s convent who says Château-le-Blanc was long believed to be haunted and that reports accused the late Marquis de Villeroi of some unknown crime. She defends the Count’s courage and says the innocent may trust in divine protection." }, { "name": "Mademoiselle Feydeau", "aliases": [ "the boarder at the convent" ], "description": "A boarder at Emily’s convent who asks what crime was imputed to the late Marquis de Villeroi and what punishment Sister Agnes meant." }, { "name": "The nuns at Emily’s convent", "aliases": [ "the nuns" ], "description": "Unnamed religious women who welcome Emily back to the convent. They discuss Ludovico’s disappearance and the late Marquis, and most believe the disappearance was supernatural." }, { "name": "The peasants who bring fruit to the monastery", "aliases": [ "the peasants" ], "description": "Unnamed peasants who bring fruit to Emily’s convent and spread news about the Count’s overnight watch in the north apartments." }, { "name": "The messenger from Monsieur Quesnel", "aliases": [ "M. Quesnel’s messenger" ], "description": "An unnamed messenger who brings word from Monsieur Quesnel that Montoni is dead and that Emily can claim her late aunt’s estates." }, { "name": "The advocate at Avignon", "aliases": [ "the Advocate" ], "description": "An unnamed legal adviser of Count De Villefort who writes that Emily should assert her claim to the estates of her late aunt, Madame Montoni." }, { "name": "The friend of Monsieur Quesnel at Venice", "aliases": [ "Quesnel’s Venetian friend" ], "description": "An unnamed friend of Monsieur Quesnel who lives in Venice and sends him an account of Montoni’s trial, imprisonment, and reported death." }, { "name": "The Baron in Ludovico’s tale", "aliases": [ "Baron de Brunne" ], "description": "A fictional nobleman in the Provençal tale Ludovico reads, renowned for his hospitality and court. He follows a mysterious knight into the forest and discovers the knight’s dead body." }, { "name": "Sir Bevys of Lancaster", "aliases": [ "the English knight", "the stranger in Ludovico’s tale", "the Knight" ], "description": "A fictional English knight in Ludovico’s Provençal tale, returning from the Holy City when he is murdered in a forest. His ghost guides Baron de Brunne to his body and demands Christian burial and punishment for his murderers." }, { "name": "The pages of Baron de Brunne", "aliases": [ "the pages in waiting" ], "description": "Unnamed attendants who are asleep in the fictional Baron’s anteroom when he follows Sir Bevys from the castle." }, { "name": "Sir Bevys’s murderers", "aliases": [ "the knight’s murderers" ], "description": "Unidentified people who waylay and murder Sir Bevys of Lancaster as he travels from the Holy City toward his homeland." }, { "name": "The late Madame Montoni", "aliases": [ "Madame Cheron" ], "description": "St. Aubert’s widowed sister and Emily’s aunt and guardian, now deceased. Emily is told she may claim her estates after Montoni’s death." }, { "name": "Montoni", "aliases": [ "Signor Montoni" ], "description": "Madame Montoni’s husband and Emily’s uncle by marriage, formerly in control of Udolpho. He was tried with Orsino as a supposed accomplice in a Venetian nobleman’s murder, released for lack of evidence on that charge, then confined for other reasons and reportedly died in prison, possibly by poisoning." }, { "name": "Signor Orsino", "aliases": [ "Orsino" ], "description": "Montoni’s favourite and an assassin wanted for the murder of a Venetian nobleman. He is found guilty and executed on the wheel." }, { "name": "The Venetian nobleman murdered by Orsino’s assassins", "aliases": [ "the murdered nobleman" ], "description": "An unnamed Venetian nobleman whose murder is attributed to assassins hired by Orsino. Montoni is tried as a suspected accomplice, but the charge against him is not substantiated." }, { "name": "Montoni’s colleagues", "aliases": [ "Montoni’s associates" ], "description": "Unnamed associates tried with Montoni in connection with the murder of the Venetian nobleman. They are released when the charge is not substantiated." }, { "name": "Valancourt’s parents", "aliases": [ "Valancourt’s late parents" ], "description": "Valancourt’s unnamed parents, who died when he was young; responsibility for his upbringing then passed to his elder brother." }, { "name": "Valancourt’s tutor", "aliases": [ "the tutor" ], "description": "An unnamed tutor who judged Valancourt’s indignation at wrongdoing as a violent temper, while overlooking his gentleness and compassion toward the unfortunate." }, { "name": "The person in the woods near the watch-tower", "aliases": [ "the figure Emily sees at night" ], "description": "An unidentified figure who passes swiftly along the bank after Emily hears the mysterious music and voice near the watch-tower. Emily cannot make out who it is." }, { "name": "The voice and musician heard near Château-le-Blanc", "aliases": [ "the mysterious voice", "the mysterious musician" ], "description": "An unidentified person whose music and voice are heard near the watch-tower and elsewhere around Château-le-Blanc at midnight. Emily recognizes the sounds from an earlier night, but the text does not identify their source." }, { "name": "The inhabitants of Château-le-Blanc", "aliases": [ "the household" ], "description": "Unnamed members of the château household who follow Ludovico toward the north apartments, though many turn back in fear. The servants’ terror grows after his disappearance." }, { "name": "The Count’s son", "aliases": [ "Henri" ], "description": "Henri, the Count’s son and Blanche’s brother. He accompanies his father during the investigations of the north apartments and becomes grave and reserved after the mysterious events." }, { "name": "The chevalier loved by the Marchioness", "aliases": [ "the nobleman the Marchioness preferred", "the gentleman she was attached to" ], "description": "An unnamed gentleman whom the Marchioness loved and who visited Château-le-Blanc. Dorothée thought him well suited to her and heard a report that they had secretly married before her marriage to the Marquis, but she does not confirm the report or reveal his name." }, { "name": "Dorothée’s husband", "aliases": [ "the housekeeper’s husband", "the château steward" ], "description": "The unnamed husband of Dorothée, who helped care for Château-le-Blanc and remained there after most of the servants left. Dorothée told him her suspicions about the Marchioness’s death, and he urged her to keep silent." }, { "name": "Philip", "aliases": [ "the butler" ], "description": "The butler at Château-le-Blanc during the Marchioness’s time. Dorothée recalls dancing with him at one of the Marquis’s entertainments." }, { "name": "The doctor who attends the Marchioness", "aliases": [ "the doctor sent for by the Marquis" ], "description": "An unnamed doctor summoned when the Marchioness became gravely ill, arriving too late to save her. After her death he questioned Dorothée about the illness and seemed troubled by her answers." }, { "name": "The servants at Château-le-Blanc", "aliases": [ "the château servants" ], "description": "Unnamed household servants who spread reports after Emily and Dorothée flee the Marchioness’s rooms, frightened by what they saw. They say they have often heard unexplained noises in the château." }, { "name": "The woman with whom Annette crosses the hall", "aliases": [ "the female servant with Annette" ], "description": "An unnamed female servant who accompanies Annette across the hall after the frightening events in the north rooms." }, { "name": "The officer who captures Montoni", "aliases": [ "the young officer", "the commander of the expedition against Udolpho" ], "description": "An unnamed young officer who persuades the Venetian minister to use a covert plan to capture Montoni, then commands the expedition. He gains support from several of Montoni’s condottieri and surprises the castle’s garrison." }, { "name": "The Minister directing the expedition", "aliases": [ "the Minister" ], "description": "An unnamed Venetian minister who directs the operation against Montoni and gives command of the troops to the young officer." }, { "name": "The condottieri who aid the Venetian expedition", "aliases": [ "Montoni’s condottieri who join the plot" ], "description": "Several unnamed members of Montoni’s armed company who agree to help the Venetian officer capture him, hoping to punish their master and secure pardon from the Senate." }, { "name": "Count Morano", "aliases": [ "the Count" ], "description": "A Venetian nobleman who pursued Emily and plotted to abduct her. After Montoni’s capture, Morano is released from imprisonment, despite Montoni’s secret accusation against him." }, { "name": "The senators", "aliases": [ "the Venetian Senate" ], "description": "The Venetian governing body, which orders action against Montoni after his depredations become intolerable. It also seeks Orsino for the murder of one of its members and releases Morano after Montoni’s capture." }, { "name": "The murdered Venetian senator", "aliases": [ "the member of the Senate murdered by Orsino" ], "description": "An unnamed senator murdered by Orsino, whose death helps prompt the expedition against Udolpho." }, { "name": "Montoni’s officers", "aliases": [ "the officers captured with Montoni" ], "description": "Unnamed officers serving with Montoni at Udolpho. They are surprised and captured alongside him during the Venetian operation." }, { "name": "Montoni’s garrison", "aliases": [ "the whole garrison of Udolpho" ], "description": "The unnamed troops defending Udolpho, who surrender after the Venetian force’s surprise attack." }, { "name": "Emily’s father", "aliases": [ "her deceased father" ], "description": "St. Aubert, whose advice on self-command Emily recalls while deciding how to act toward Valancourt." }, { "name": "The sailors on the Count’s boat", "aliases": [ "the boatmen" ], "description": "Unnamed boatmen who row the Count’s family along the coast and turn back to seek shelter from the storm." }, { "name": "The friars of St. Claire", "aliases": [ "the monks" ], "description": "The unnamed monks of the monastery of St. Claire, who sing vespers and receive the Count’s party during the storm." }, { "name": "The Superior of St. Claire", "aliases": [ "the Superior" ], "description": "The unnamed head of the monastery, who welcomes the Count and his party and gives them shelter from the storm." }, { "name": "The abbess of St. Claire", "aliases": [ "the lady abbess" ], "description": "The unnamed abbess of St. Claire, who welcomes the Countess, Blanche, and Mademoiselle Bearn. Emily writes to her requesting admission to the convent as a boarder." }, { "name": "The Count’s servant who announces his arrival", "aliases": [ "the servant sent to announce the Count" ], "description": "An unnamed servant sent to ask the Superior for shelter when the Count’s boat returns to the monastery in the storm." }, { "name": "The Count’s servants carrying torches", "aliases": [ "the people sent to carry torches" ], "description": "Unnamed servants who carry torches along the cliffs to guide a vessel in distress and warn its crew about the rocks." }, { "name": "The sailors in the distressed vessel", "aliases": [ "the mariners", "the crew" ], "description": "The unnamed crew of a storm-damaged vessel that signals for help and anchors in the bay. The Count’s boats bring them ashore." }, { "name": "The peasants at the vintage dance", "aliases": [ "the dancers" ], "description": "Unnamed country people who celebrate the vintage in a woodland glade with food, music, and dancing. The Count’s family joins them, and their festivities recall Emily’s past grief." }, { "name": "The musicians at the vintage dance", "aliases": [ "the musicians in the woods" ], "description": "Unnamed musicians who play flutes and a long guitar at the peasants’ vintage dance." }, { "name": "The boy with the tambourine", "aliases": [ "the dancing boy" ], "description": "An unnamed boy who plays and dances with a tambourine at the vintage celebration." }, { "name": "The young gentleman dancing with Blanche", "aliases": [ "the young gentleman of the Count’s party" ], "description": "An unnamed young man in the Count’s party who dances with Blanche at the vintage celebration." }, { "name": "The Count’s tenants at the banquet", "aliases": [ "the venerable tenants" ], "description": "Several unnamed, elderly tenants who join the Count’s family for the vintage celebration and its banquet." }, { "name": "The Parisian Countess who tells the Count about Valancourt", "aliases": [ "the well-known Parisian Countess" ], "description": "An unnamed but well-known Parisian countess who tells the Count that Valancourt was twice imprisoned for debt and that she helped secure his latest release. She is not otherwise identified." }, { "name": "Valancourt’s criminal associates", "aliases": [ "the party who live by plunder" ], "description": "An unnamed circle of dissolute men who live by plunder and draw Valancourt into gambling and other vice. They reportedly share their profits with him because of his skill at play." }, { "name": "Signor Verezzi", "aliases": [ "Verezzi" ], "description": "One of Montoni’s intimates, hot-tempered and easily provoked. He attacks Du Pont with a stiletto after finding him with Emily, but Du Pont overpowers him." }, { "name": "The soldier who guards Valancourt’s prison", "aliases": [ "the sentinel familiar to Ludovico", "Sebastian" ], "description": "A soldier who guards Valancourt at Udolpho and has shown kindness to Du Pont, allowing him occasional freedom and agreeing to let him visit the castle. Ludovico identifies him as Sebastian." }, { "name": "Emily’s dog", "aliases": [ "Manchon" ], "description": "St. Aubert’s dog and a favourite of Emily’s. He follows her during the escape from Udolpho and barks while the fugitives hide near the outer gate." }, { "name": "The soldier on watch at the outer gate", "aliases": [ "the sentinel who speaks with Ludovico" ], "description": "An unnamed sentinel whom Ludovico distracts while Emily and the others escape. He leaves his post briefly, allowing them to reach the gates." }, { "name": "Federico", "aliases": [], "description": "A man at Udolpho who has wine, according to Ludovico, who directs the outer-gate sentinel to Sebastian for better wine." }, { "name": "The peasants who sing among the vineyards", "aliases": [], "description": "Unnamed peasants whose song the travellers hear while journeying through Tuscany." }, { "name": "The landlord who helps the escaping prisoners", "aliases": [ "the honest landlord" ], "description": "An unnamed innkeeper in a small mountain town who agrees to lend fresh horses after learning that the travellers are prisoners escaping from Montoni. He is too poor to lend them money." }, { "name": "The Condottiere whose horse carries stolen money", "aliases": [ "the ruffian who owns the hidden booty" ], "description": "An unnamed member of Montoni’s armed company whose horse strays from Udolpho carrying a bag of plunder beneath its saddle. Ludovico discovers the money, which funds the group’s journey." }, { "name": "The mariner in Emily’s poem", "aliases": [ "the sailor youth", "Henry" ], "description": "A fictional sailor in Emily’s poem who leaves his bride Ellen, is shipwrecked, and dies; his spirit is said to haunt the shore." }, { "name": "Ellen", "aliases": [], "description": "The fictional bride of Henry in Emily’s poem. After his death at sea, her grave is guarded by the spirits of lovers." }, { "name": "The abbess at Blanche’s convent", "aliases": [ "the lady abbess" ], "description": "The unnamed superior of the convent where Blanche has been raised. Blanche bids her farewell when leaving to join her father." }, { "name": "Blanche’s young convent companions", "aliases": [ "Blanche’s young companions" ], "description": "The unnamed young women at Blanche’s convent who come to bid her farewell when she leaves." }, { "name": "The nun who summons Blanche", "aliases": [ "the nun with a summons from the abbess" ], "description": "An unnamed nun who brings Blanche the abbess’s summons shortly before Blanche leaves the convent." }, { "name": "The postillions", "aliases": [], "description": "Unnamed drivers who stop at Blanche’s convent to collect her and continue the journey to Château-le-Blanc." }, { "name": "The servant who gives notice of the Count’s arrival", "aliases": [ "the servant who climbs the ruined wall" ], "description": "An unnamed servant who climbs over a ruined section of the château’s gate wall to announce the arrival of its new lord." }, { "name": "The château’s old steward", "aliases": [ "the old steward" ], "description": "The longtime steward at Château-le-Blanc, who appears with Dorothée to welcome Count De Villefort. He attends the Count as he surveys the estate." }, { "name": "The Parisian servants at Château-le-Blanc", "aliases": [ "the servants sent to prepare the château" ], "description": "Unnamed servants sent ahead from Paris to prepare Château-le-Blanc for Count De Villefort and his family." }, { "name": "Blanche’s woman", "aliases": [ "the Countess’s woman" ], "description": "An unnamed female attendant who accompanies the family to Château-le-Blanc and attends Blanche in her chamber." }, { "name": "The convent friars and nuns", "aliases": [ "the poor nuns and friars" ], "description": "The unnamed religious residents of Blanche’s convent, whose cloistered life Blanche reflects on after leaving." }, { "name": "Carlo", "aliases": [ "the old steward", "the ancient servant of the castle", "the old servant of Udolpho" ], "description": "Montoni’s elderly steward at Udolpho, who has lived in the castle for many years. He is nearly related to Marco, the peasant whose past service to Montoni earned his family a cottage." }, { "name": "Signor Bertolini", "aliases": [ "Bertolini" ], "description": "One of Montoni’s intimates, who has previously been promised Emily by Montoni. After the siege he gambles with Verezzi and joins him in pursuing Emily through the castle." }, { "name": "The imprisoned men at Udolpho", "aliases": [ "the prisoners" ], "description": "Unnamed captives held at Udolpho. One is a Frenchman captured in a skirmish, later identified as Valancourt." }, { "name": "The troops pursuing Montoni’s men", "aliases": [ "the enemy troops" ], "description": "An armed force that besieges Udolpho after pursuing Montoni’s raiders. The defenders repel them, and they raise the siege." }, { "name": "The people who follow Montoni into Emily’s room", "aliases": [ "Montoni’s attendants" ], "description": "Unnamed attendants who enter with Montoni when he confronts Morano; some try to separate the fighters, while others rescue Emily from Morano’s servants." }, { "name": "Ugo", "aliases": [], "description": "One of the armed guides who escorts Emily from Udolpho to a cottage in Tuscany. After the siege, Montoni sends him back to fetch Emily; he returns with her and Bertrand to the castle." }, { "name": "Bertrand", "aliases": [ "Giovanni" ], "description": "One of the armed guides who escorts Emily to a Tuscan cottage and remains there to guard her. After the siege he accompanies her back to Udolpho, where he knows a sentinel at the gate." }, { "name": "The peasant who shelters Emily", "aliases": [ "the man at the cottage" ], "description": "A tall, sallow peasant with a shrewd, guarded manner, who lets Emily and her guides into his cottage in Tuscany. His name is Marco; a service he rendered Montoni earned the cottage for him." }, { "name": "Dorina", "aliases": [], "description": "Marco’s wife, who lives with him in the Tuscan cottage where Emily is sent. Emily finds her manner coarse and her character harsh." }, { "name": "Maddelina", "aliases": [ "the peasant’s daughter" ], "description": "Marco and Dorina’s daughter, about seventeen, whose gentle and generous nature wins Emily’s affection. She secretly brings Emily supper and accompanies her on walks near the cottage." }, { "name": "The peasants who attend the festival", "aliases": [ "the groups of peasants by the sea" ], "description": "Unnamed Tuscan peasants who gather by the shore for music, singing, and dancing. They welcome Emily and Maddelina, offer them fruit, and invite Emily to join the dance." }, { "name": "The girl who sings to the sea-nymph", "aliases": [ "the singing peasant girl" ], "description": "An unnamed girl at the Tuscan seaside festival who holds a flower garland and sings an invocation to a sea-nymph before casting the garland into the waves." }, { "name": "The soldier at the castle gate", "aliases": [ "the sentinel who admits Emily" ], "description": "An unnamed sentinel who challenges Ugo and Bertrand at Udolpho’s gate, recognizes Ugo, and admits the party into the castle." }, { "name": "The soldiers carrying away the enemy dead", "aliases": [ "the enemy’s comrades" ], "description": "Unnamed soldiers who carry away the fallen attackers from the woods below Udolpho during the siege." }, { "name": "The Senate", "aliases": [], "description": "The Venetian governing body, which arrests Morano after Montoni submits a false anonymous accusation alleging designs against the state." }, { "name": "The person Montoni employs to deliver the accusation", "aliases": [ "Montoni’s informant" ], "description": "An unnamed person whom Montoni trusts to place a letter accusing Morano in the anonymous reporting receptacle at the Doge’s palace." }, { "name": "The sentinels", "aliases": [ "the men on watch" ], "description": "Unnamed armed guards who patrol the castle ramparts. After the siege, their watches are doubled because Udolpho’s defences are damaged." }, { "name": "Signor Cavigni", "aliases": [], "description": "Montoni’s Italian friend and intimate." }, { "name": "The officers with Montoni", "aliases": [ "Montoni’s officers" ], "description": "Unnamed officers who serve with Montoni at Udolpho. One of them accosts Emily in the gallery and tries to compel her to join a gathering; others are with Montoni when he threatens her and prepares the castle’s defence." }, { "name": "Caterina", "aliases": [ "the servant of the castle" ], "description": "A woman who has served at Udolpho for many years. She stays with Annette and Ludovico while Annette is locked up during the gathering." }, { "name": "Signora Livona", "aliases": [ "the Signora" ], "description": "A Venetian woman whom Montoni once introduced to Madame Montoni. She arrives at Udolpho with two other ladies and several gentlemen; Annette says Livona is now Montoni’s mistress and that he had introduced her to his wife to counter rumors about her reputation." }, { "name": "The lady who accosts Emily in the gallery", "aliases": [ "the officer who tries to kiss Emily’s hand" ], "description": "An unnamed officer with Montoni who grabs Emily, urges her to join the gathering, and attempts to kiss her hand. Emily breaks free and shuts herself in her chamber." }, { "name": "The people who come with Montoni", "aliases": [ "Montoni’s party" ], "description": "Unnamed men who accompany Montoni and Cavigni to the castle gate and help defeat the horsemen attempting to abduct Emily." }, { "name": "The man who helps Morano’s plot", "aliases": [ "Montoni’s disloyal servant", "the servant who gave Morano the keys" ], "description": "An unnamed servant whom Montoni treated harshly and who helped Morano’s men reach Emily’s chamber. The passage does not establish whether he is Barnardine, who separately betrays Montoni by helping abduct Emily." }, { "name": "The unknown person in the neighbouring chamber", "aliases": [ "the mysterious inhabitant of the neighbouring apartment", "the unknown neighbour" ], "description": "An unidentified person who remains in a chamber near Emily’s room. Emily thinks the person can leave freely, and later sees Montoni visit the chamber; the passage does not reveal the person’s identity." }, { "name": "Roberto", "aliases": [ "the sentinel who falls senseless" ], "description": "A castle sentinel who is subject to fits. Annette says he was among those frightened into fits by the apparition on the ramparts." }, { "name": "Launcelot", "aliases": [], "description": "A trumpeter at Udolpho and a castle sentinel. He and Sebastian previously saw a mysterious figure on the rampart; he insists it was the devil." }, { "name": "The unknown poet and musician", "aliases": [ "the stranger who took Madame St. Aubert’s bracelet" ], "description": "An unidentified person who leaves verses addressed to Emily and plays her lute at the fishing-house; Madame St. Aubert’s bracelet, bearing Emily’s miniature, disappears during the same visit. The passage suggests Valancourt may have written the sonnets and played the music, and Emily recognizes the same voice singing at Udolpho, but she has no confirmation." }, { "name": "The strangers lodged at Udolpho", "aliases": [ "the men who arrive at the castle" ], "description": "A group of individually unidentified men who arrive at Udolpho and are lodged in rooms formerly used by the household’s upper servants. Emily notices their fierce appearance, and they question the workers repairing the ramparts." }, { "name": "The servants who carry Madame Montoni to the turret", "aliases": [ "the men employed to carry Madame Montoni", "the three men who remove Madame Montoni" ], "description": "Unnamed men who move Madame Montoni to the turret under Montoni’s orders and guard her there. One is wounded in the affray; they later carry her body for burial." }, { "name": "The guests at Montoni’s feast", "aliases": [ "the other Signors", "Montoni’s companions" ], "description": "Unnamed guests who feast with Montoni in the cedar chamber after the castle’s fighting. Emily hears their revelry, and several of them had attended the previous day’s gathering." }, { "name": "The party of Montoni’s troops returning to Udolpho", "aliases": [ "the last party", "the men returning from the mountains" ], "description": "A troop of Montoni’s men returning from a raid in the mountains, pursued by enemy forces. Their arrival alerts the castle to the approaching siege and triggers preparations for its defence." }, { "name": "The unnamed prisoner or musician at Udolpho", "aliases": [ "the stranger Emily believes may be Valancourt" ], "description": "An unidentified person whom Emily hears playing and singing a song from Gascony at Udolpho. She suspects it is Valancourt, perhaps held as a prisoner, but the passage does not confirm the person’s identity." }, { "name": "The servant who discusses the prisoners’ ransoms", "aliases": [ "the first man in the servants’ hall" ], "description": "An unnamed man in Montoni’s service who says that capturing prisoners is profitable because their ransoms count as booty. He complains that the soldiers do not share in the ransom proceeds." }, { "name": "The other man who discusses the prisoners’ ransoms", "aliases": [ "the second man in the servants’ hall" ], "description": "An unnamed man in Montoni’s service who grumbles that the soldiers do not share in the prisoners’ ransom money." }, { "name": "The unknown voice beneath the cedar parlour", "aliases": [ "the voice that says “This night!”" ], "description": "An unidentified voice that interrupts Montoni while he threatens Emily, repeating his words, “This night!” No speaker is identified." }, { "name": "The unseen groaning person beneath the cedar parlour", "aliases": [ "the voice that groans beneath the chamber" ], "description": "An unidentified person or presence whose groans seem to come from beneath the cedar parlour during Montoni’s threats to Emily. Montoni does not investigate, though he shows a momentary shade of fear." }, { "name": "The peasants repairing the fortifications", "aliases": [ "the men examining the breach" ], "description": "Unnamed workers at Udolpho who examine a breach and begin repairing the castle’s fortifications." }, { "name": "The foreign enemy allied with the besieged castle", "aliases": [ "the foreign troops" ], "description": "Unnamed foreign soldiers who join the defenders of a castle attacked by Montoni’s troops and help drive the attackers away." }, { "name": "The owners of the plundered villas", "aliases": [ "the people whose villas Montoni’s troops attacked" ], "description": "Several unnamed people whose isolated villas are attacked and plundered by Montoni’s men." }, { "name": "The two guides accompanying Emily", "aliases": [ "Emily’s guides" ], "description": "Two of Montoni’s men assigned to take Emily from Udolpho to a cottage in Tuscany. Their appearance and conversation alarm her; one is Ugo and the other is Bertrand." }, { "name": "The lady who married the Milanese cavalier", "aliases": [ "the woman pursued by Orsino" ], "description": "An unnamed woman whom Signor Orsino pursued and serenaded despite her rejection of him. She married a gentleman from Milan, and Orsino arranged an attack on the couple in which her husband was killed." }, { "name": "The Milanese cavalier murdered by Orsino’s men", "aliases": [ "the gentleman of Milan", "the lady’s husband" ], "description": "An unnamed gentleman from Milan who married the woman Signor Orsino desired. Orsino’s men ambushed and killed him while he and his wife travelled toward Padua." }, { "name": "The servants of the Milanese cavalier", "aliases": [ "the husband’s servants" ], "description": "Unnamed servants who had ridden ahead to the next town during the journey to Padua. They heard the attack and arrived in time to prevent Orsino’s men from taking the wife." }, { "name": "The man who assists Bertrand in the ambush", "aliases": [ "one of Orsino’s men" ], "description": "An unnamed accomplice in Orsino’s attack on the Milanese cavalier. He and the other assassins failed to capture the man’s wife when the servants arrived." }, { "name": "The Tuscans who inhabit the cottage", "aliases": [ "the people who care for Emily" ], "description": "The unnamed peasant and his wife, who have been entrusted with receiving Emily at the cottage in Tuscany. Montoni has sent them a letter ahead of her arrival." }, { "name": "Barnardine", "aliases": [ "the porter" ], "description": "Montoni’s porter, who previously betrayed him by helping abduct Emily. Bribed by Morano again, he uses Annette’s careless talk to devise a way to lure Emily to the gates, but the attempt is foiled." }, { "name": "The servants who free Annette", "aliases": [ "the people Emily asks to release Annette" ], "description": "Unnamed castle servants whom Annette asks for information about Madame Montoni. Some do not know her fate, while others seem to have been ordered to conceal it." }, { "name": "The horsemen waiting outside the castle", "aliases": [ "Barnardine’s accomplices", "the armed men on horseback" ], "description": "Unnamed men on horseback who wait outside Udolpho as part of Barnardine’s attempt to abduct Emily. They ride away when Montoni’s party arrives and outnumbers them." }, { "name": "The man adjusting the horse’s saddle", "aliases": [ "the man who buckles the saddle" ], "description": "An unnamed man among the horsemen who busily adjusts a horse’s saddle for Emily’s attempted removal from the castle." }, { "name": "The person in the portal chamber", "aliases": [ "the corpse in the portal chamber" ], "description": "A man killed in the affray who is found dead beneath a curtain in the chamber where Barnardine locks Emily. He had been carried to the servants’ hall while wounded and later died; his body was moved for burial in the chapel vault." }, { "name": "The unknown figure on the rampart", "aliases": [ "the mysterious figure", "the figure beneath Emily’s window" ], "description": "An unidentified, silent figure that appears several times on the rampart near Emily’s window, beckons to her, and makes mournful sounds. Emily and the sentinels cannot determine who or what it is." }, { "name": "Anthonio", "aliases": [ "the soldier on watch" ], "description": "A newly arrived soldier serving as a sentinel at Udolpho. He tells Emily that a strange flame has appeared on his lance and that his fellow guard considers it an ill omen." }, { "name": "The soldier who shares Anthonio’s watch", "aliases": [ "Anthonio’s fellow-guard" ], "description": "An unnamed soldier on watch with Anthonio, who says he has sometimes seen a mysterious flame on his arms and regards it as an omen." }, { "name": "The soldier who tells Emily about the castle stories", "aliases": [ "the sentinel who praises the Chief" ], "description": "An unnamed sentinel who says that strange stories have long been told about Udolpho, but that Montoni treats his soldiers well." }, { "name": "The other soldiers on the rampart", "aliases": [ "Roberto’s comrades" ], "description": "Unnamed guards who accompany Roberto after his fit and discuss sightings of the mysterious figure." }, { "name": "The officer standing with Orsino", "aliases": [ "the other officer" ], "description": "An unnamed officer standing with Orsino near a table covered with papers when Montoni summons Emily to sign a document." }, { "name": "The men who carry Madame Montoni’s body", "aliases": [ "the bearers at Madame Montoni’s funeral" ], "description": "Three unnamed men who carry Madame Montoni’s body to the chapel vault for burial. Two bear the body while the third carries a torch." }, { "name": "The priest who buries Madame Montoni", "aliases": [ "the friar at Madame Montoni’s funeral" ], "description": "An unnamed friar from a monastery in the mountains who performs Madame Montoni’s burial service in the chapel vault. He shows Emily compassion but is restrained from speaking freely by Montoni’s men." }, { "name": "The superior of the monastery", "aliases": [ "the Superior" ], "description": "The unnamed head of the monastery in the mountains, who regards Montoni and his associates with aversion and fear. He sends a monk to perform Madame Montoni’s burial service." }, { "name": "The four men carrying the wounded person", "aliases": [ "the bearers" ], "description": "Four unnamed men who carry a wounded person through the hall while Emily watches. Emily later suspects the wounded person was Ludovico, who is indeed badly injured but survives." }, { "name": "Benedetto", "aliases": [], "description": "A castle musician who plays the great drum, according to Annette." }, { "name": "The men who carry Emily from the chamber", "aliases": [ "the ruffians who hold Emily" ], "description": "Unnamed armed men who lift Emily after she faints, carry her from the portal chamber, and hurry her toward horses waiting outside the castle." }, { "name": "Father Pierre", "aliases": [], "description": "A priest who, according to Emily, has said he and Father Antoine sometimes hear celestial music while praying at night." }, { "name": "Father Antoine", "aliases": [], "description": "A priest who, according to Emily, has said he and Father Pierre sometimes hear celestial music while praying at night." }, { "name": "Madame St. Aubert", "aliases": [], "description": "St. Aubert’s late wife and Emily’s mother, remembered by Emily with deep affection. Emily recalls that St. Aubert once heard beautiful music after her death, which comforted him." }, { "name": "The troop of condottieri", "aliases": [ "the soldiers passing Udolpho", "Montoni’s armed company", "the band of horsemen" ], "description": "A troop of armed men at Udolpho, including Montoni’s intimates and the three strangers Emily had noticed. Montoni directs them and orders a night watch; their preparations and purpose remain uncertain, though Annette suspects he means to lead robbers." }, { "name": "The commanders of the passing troops", "aliases": [ "the commanders" ], "description": "Unnamed military leaders riding at the front of the troop that passes Udolpho, directing the march." }, { "name": "The Italian who spoke with Valancourt", "aliases": [ "the Italian informant" ], "description": "An unnamed Italian whom Valancourt overhears discussing Montoni. He says the troubling claims about Montoni came from floating reports, which may be unreliable; the narrator later confirms that the hints about Montoni’s character and condition were true." }, { "name": "Cesario", "aliases": [], "description": "Morano’s servant and confidant, who helps prepare the abduction of Emily and enters her chamber with the Count. After Morano is wounded, Cesario seeks a cottage and arranges for his master to be carried there." }, { "name": "Morano’s confidential valet", "aliases": [ "the Count’s confidential valet" ], "description": "An unnamed servant trusted by Morano, to whom the Count confides his plan to carry Emily away. He finds a disaffected servant of Montoni who can help execute the plan." }, { "name": "Morano’s servants", "aliases": [ "the Count’s servants", "the men waiting to convey Emily" ], "description": "Unnamed retainers who accompany Morano to Udolpho and wait to help carry Emily away. After Montoni wounds the Count, they assist in moving him to a nearby cottage." }, { "name": "The old woman left at Montoni’s mansion", "aliases": [ "the woman in charge of the mansion" ], "description": "An unnamed woman left to care for Montoni’s deserted Venetian mansion. She tells Morano that Montoni and his family have gone to Terra-firma, enabling him to discover their destination." }, { "name": "The man who comes with Morano", "aliases": [ "Morano’s friend" ], "description": "An unnamed friend who accompanies Morano on his journey from Venice to Udolpho." }, { "name": "The surgeon of the nearest town", "aliases": [ "the practitioner at Morano’s cottage" ], "description": "An unnamed medical practitioner summoned to treat Morano after his duel with Montoni. He dresses the Count’s wounds, gives him a composing draught, and stays to watch his condition." }, { "name": "The servant who accompanies Carlo", "aliases": [ "Carlo’s fellow-servant" ], "description": "An unnamed servant who stands with Carlo outside Emily’s chamber while they watch for Morano." }, { "name": "The man who attends Montoni", "aliases": [ "the servant who reports Morano’s departure" ], "description": "An unnamed servant who tells Montoni that Morano’s people are carrying him on a couch to a nearby cottage." }, { "name": "The other gentleman who arrives with Morano", "aliases": [ "the cavalier accompanying the Count" ], "description": "An unnamed gentleman who arrives at Udolpho with Morano and leaves the carriage with him." }, { "name": "The person in Madame Montoni’s dressing-room", "aliases": [ "the man seated by the fire" ], "description": "An unidentified person whom Emily sees seated beside the fire while Madame Montoni weeps in her dressing-room. Emily cannot distinguish the person’s features or hear what is said." }, { "name": "The men on horseback accompanying Morano", "aliases": [ "Morano’s mounted attendants" ], "description": "Unnamed men accompanying Morano’s carriage to Udolpho by torchlight." }, { "name": "The man who watches Emily’s chamber", "aliases": [ "Carlo’s fellow-servant" ], "description": "An unnamed servant who helps Carlo watch the corridor outside Emily’s chamber on the night Morano attempts to abduct her. The passage does not establish whether he is the same person as the servant who aided Morano." }, { "name": "The servant who betrays Montoni", "aliases": [ "the servant who aided Morano" ], "description": "An unnamed servant whom Morano recruits after Montoni has treated him harshly; he provides access and keys for the attempt to abduct Emily. The passage leaves unclear whether he is the same person as the servant Carlo watches with outside Emily’s chamber." }, { "name": "The servant who carries Montoni’s message", "aliases": [ "Montoni’s messenger" ], "description": "An unnamed servant who delivers Montoni’s command that Emily leave the corridor and that Morano quit the castle." }, { "name": "Madame Merveille", "aliases": [], "description": "A woman in Thoulouse to whom Madame Montoni spoke unkindly about Emily, accusing her of disobedience and suggesting she might run away with Valancourt." }, { "name": "Madame Vaison", "aliases": [], "description": "A woman in Thoulouse to whom Madame Montoni spoke unkindly about Emily, accusing her of disobedience and suggesting she might run away with Valancourt." }, { "name": "Carlo’s wife", "aliases": [ "Carlo’s deceased wife" ], "description": "Carlo’s late wife, who lived with him at Udolpho and is remembered by him as having nearly been struck by falling battlements." }, { "name": "The maid of Signora Laurentini", "aliases": [ "the lady’s woman" ], "description": "An unnamed maid who accompanied Signora Laurentini when she walked into the woods on the evening she disappeared." }, { "name": "The former owner of Udolpho’s beloved", "aliases": [ "the man Signora Laurentini loved" ], "description": "An unnamed person whom Signora Laurentini loved, according to Annette’s account. The passage gives no further information about him." }, { "name": "The peasant accompanying Montoni", "aliases": [ "the peasant in Montoni’s company" ], "description": "An unnamed peasant who accompanies Montoni and Carlo as Montoni gives directions near the castle ramparts." }, { "name": "Madame Quesnel", "aliases": [], "description": "M. Quesnel’s Italian wife, an heiress described as vain and frivolous. She hosts Emily and the others at Villa Miarenti and is among those who encourage Emily’s marriage to Count Morano." }, { "name": "Madame Montoni’s confidential servant", "aliases": [ "the servant sent by Orsino" ], "description": "An unnamed servant trusted by Orsino, whom he sends to summon Montoni from a Casino without revealing his name." }, { "name": "The captured assassin", "aliases": [ "one of the assassins" ], "description": "An unnamed hired assassin apprehended after the attack on the Venetian nobleman. He confesses that Orsino employed him." }, { "name": "The officers of the police", "aliases": [ "the police" ], "description": "Unnamed Venetian officers who are watching for Orsino throughout the city after an assassin implicates him in murder." }, { "name": "The priest", "aliases": [ "the priest who would perform Emily’s marriage" ], "description": "An unnamed priest whom Montoni says will come to his house with Count Morano to marry Emily." }, { "name": "The barge-men", "aliases": [ "the boatmen" ], "description": "Unnamed men who guide the barge up the Brenta and speak to their horses along the bank." }, { "name": "Hamet", "aliases": [], "description": "A camel driver in the story Emily imagines while travelling. A shepherd saves him from a Tartar robber, allowing him to continue his journey home to his wife and children." }, { "name": "Hamet’s wife", "aliases": [], "description": "An unnamed woman in Emily’s imagined story, waiting at home with Hamet’s children." }, { "name": "Hamet’s children", "aliases": [ "Hamet’s little children" ], "description": "The unnamed children waiting at home for Hamet in Emily’s imagined story." }, { "name": "The shepherd who saves Hamet", "aliases": [ "the fearful shepherd" ], "description": "An unnamed shepherd who sees a Tartar robber attack Hamet and kills the assailant with an arrow. He leaves with Hamet after saving his life." }, { "name": "The Tartar robber", "aliases": [ "the robber Tartar" ], "description": "An unnamed armed robber who tries to kill Hamet and steal his goods. The shepherd kills him with an arrow." }, { "name": "The friends at Villa Miarenti", "aliases": [ "Quesnel’s friends" ], "description": "A few unnamed guests seated with M. and Madame Quesnel when Montoni’s party arrives at Villa Miarenti." }, { "name": "The young Piedmontese violinist", "aliases": [ "the peasant’s son", "the musician at the inn" ], "description": "An unnamed peasant’s son from a valley near Susa who plays the violin beautifully at a local inn. He is travelling to Venice for the Carnival in hopes of earning money." }, { "name": "The landlord’s family musician", "aliases": [ "the violinist at the inn" ], "description": "An unnamed member of the innkeeper’s family whom Cavigni guesses is playing the violin at Susa; Annette identifies him as the young Piedmontese violinist." }, { "name": "Hannibal", "aliases": [], "description": "The ancient general whose passage over the Alps is debated by Montoni and Cavigni during the journey. Emily imagines his army crossing the mountains and suffering heavy losses." }, { "name": "Count Utaldo", "aliases": [ "Utaldo", "the famous captain Utaldo", "the general" ], "description": "A famous captain commanding a victorious army returning to its principality with spoils, wounded soldiers, and prisoners. Montoni recognizes him as an acquaintance, and Utaldo invites the travellers to join the army’s celebration." }, { "name": "Signora Herminia", "aliases": [ "Herminia" ], "description": "A Venetian lady with a rich, expressive singing voice, who performs at Madame Montoni’s gathering. Emily sketches her and gives her the drawing; Herminia accepts it as a pledge of friendship." }, { "name": "The late mother of Madame Quesnel", "aliases": [ "Madame Quesnel’s late mother" ], "description": "An unnamed woman whose brother owned a villa on the Brenta. Her brother’s death leaves the estate and other effects to Monsieur Quesnel." }, { "name": "Madame Quesnel’s uncle", "aliases": [ "the deceased uncle" ], "description": "An unnamed owner of a villa on the Brenta and brother of Madame Quesnel’s late mother. He dies shortly before the events in Venice, leaving the estate and other effects to Monsieur Quesnel." }, { "name": "Madame Clairval", "aliases": [ "Madame Clairval, the elderly widow" ], "description": "An elderly widow who hosts lavish entertainments at Thoulouse and is Madame Cheron’s socially prominent acquaintance. She is Valancourt’s aunt: her late husband was the brother of Valancourt’s mother, the Countess de Duvarney. She accepts Madame Cheron’s proposed marriage terms for Emily and Valancourt, but later remains passive when Montoni separates them." }, { "name": "The young lady dancing with Valancourt", "aliases": [ "Mademoiselle d’Emery", "Valancourt’s partner at Madame Clairval’s ball" ], "description": "A beautiful young woman of Thoulouse with a large fortune, whom Valancourt dances and converses with at Madame Clairval’s ball. Guests report that she may be destined to marry him, but the passage does not establish this." }, { "name": "The person who asks Emily if she is ill", "aliases": [ "the gentleman who offers Emily water" ], "description": "An unnamed guest at Madame Clairval’s ball who notices Emily’s pallor and politely offers to fetch her water." }, { "name": "Count Bauvillers", "aliases": [ "the Count" ], "description": "A gentleman known to Madame Cheron who speaks with Emily at Madame Clairval’s ball. He comments on Valancourt’s dancing and apologizes when he learns Valancourt is her acquaintance." }, { "name": "The lady seated near Madame Cheron", "aliases": [ "the lady at Madame Clairval’s supper" ], "description": "An unnamed guest who praises Valancourt’s accomplishments and reports the rumor that Mademoiselle d’Emery may marry him. She later tells Madame Cheron that Valancourt is Madame Clairval’s nephew." }, { "name": "The late Monsieur Clairval", "aliases": [ "Madame Clairval’s late husband" ], "description": "The late husband of Madame Clairval and brother of Valancourt’s mother, the Countess de Duvarney. His family connection gives Valancourt an introduction to Madame Clairval’s circle." }, { "name": "The person speaking with the Italian informant", "aliases": [ "the other person" ], "description": "An unnamed person who is talking with the Italian informant about Montoni when Valancourt overhears them." }, { "name": "The friar at the church of the Augustines", "aliases": [ "the friar who was to unite Emily and Valancourt" ], "description": "An unnamed friar whom Valancourt says would be waiting at the church of the Augustines to marry him and Emily in secret." }, { "name": "Mary", "aliases": [ "old Mary" ], "description": "An elderly woman from La Vallée who comes to see Emily after her return; Emily is too distressed to receive her and sends a token of remembrance." }, { "name": "Monsieur Barreaux", "aliases": [ "M. Barreaux", "Barreaux", "old Monsieur Barreaux" ], "description": "St. Aubert’s botanist friend, who sincerely mourns him and visits Emily to offer sympathy. He sends a pheasant to La Vallée after learning Emily is returning." }, { "name": "La Voisin", "aliases": [], "description": "The elderly peasant who sheltered St. Aubert and Emily during his final illness. His conversation with St. Aubert about the afterlife returns to Emily’s mind as she grieves." }, { "name": "The peasants dancing by the Garonne", "aliases": [ "the group of peasants dancing" ], "description": "An unnamed group dancing on the banks of the Garonne near La Vallée. Their gaiety reminds Emily of happier times with her parents." }, { "name": "Madame St. Aubert’s late brother", "aliases": [ "Madame Cheron’s late brother" ], "description": "The unnamed brother of Madame Cheron and father of Emily. He appointed Madame Cheron as Emily’s guardian." }, { "name": "The female servant at Madame Cheron’s house", "aliases": [ "the servant who shows Emily to her chamber" ], "description": "An unnamed servant who leads Emily to her small chamber in Madame Cheron’s house in Thoulouse." }, { "name": "The young lady at Madame Cheron’s gathering", "aliases": [ "the young lady of the party" ], "description": "An unnamed guest who talks incessantly and draws attention at Madame Cheron’s gathering. She interrupts Cavigni’s attention to Emily." }, { "name": "The father’s pensioners", "aliases": [ "St. Aubert’s pensioners" ], "description": "A group of unnamed people supported by St. Aubert who gather at the gate to bid Emily farewell when she leaves La Vallée." }, { "name": "The gentleman on horseback", "aliases": [ "the stranger on horseback" ], "description": "An unnamed man whose air and figure resemble Valancourt’s as he rides past the pavilion at twilight. Emily cannot see his features clearly, so his identity is uncertain." }, { "name": "Michael", "aliases": [], "description": "The muleteer driving St. Aubert and Emily. He briefly leaves the mules to search for Emily when St. Aubert faints." }, { "name": "The peasants at the woodland gathering", "aliases": [], "description": "The unnamed men and women gathered for a vintage dance in a woodland glade. Some help Emily reach her father, and others bring the travellers wine and grapes." }, { "name": "La Voisin’s wife", "aliases": [ "La Voisin’s deceased wife" ], "description": "La Voisin’s late wife, whom he remembers with affection and hopes to meet again after death. She is Agnes’s mother." }, { "name": "Claude", "aliases": [], "description": "La Voisin’s son, who played the flute at the cottage door. He was ill as a boy, but survived." }, { "name": "Father Denis", "aliases": [], "description": "A priest who told La Voisin’s wife that mysterious music warned of a child’s death. His warning proved false when La Voisin’s son survived." }, { "name": "The nun who brings Emily the church key", "aliases": [ "sister Mariette" ], "description": "A nun who brings Emily a key to a private church door so she can visit St. Aubert’s grave at night. She warns Emily about a newly opened grave and then leaves her alone." }, { "name": "The friar buried at the convent", "aliases": [ "the deceased friar" ], "description": "An unnamed friar whose funeral takes place at the convent the evening before Emily visits her father’s grave." }, { "name": "The château’s new lord", "aliases": [ "the Marquis’s successor" ], "description": "The unnamed successor to the Marquis de Villeroi’s estates, who chiefly resides in Paris. La Voisin says the château remains almost uninhabited under his ownership." }, { "name": "The château housekeeper", "aliases": [ "the old housekeeper of the château" ], "description": "An unnamed woman who, with her husband, cares for the largely uninhabited château formerly owned by the Marquis de Villeroi." }, { "name": "M. Motteville", "aliases": [ "Motteville" ], "description": "A Parisian entrusted with most of St. Aubert’s personal property. His financial ruin left Emily’s father poor, though St. Aubert says she will not be destitute." }, { "name": "The hostess", "aliases": [ "the cottage hostess" ], "description": "The woman who gives St. Aubert, Emily, and Valancourt lodging in her cottage. She initially refuses to let Michael’s mules share a room with her children, but Valancourt persuades her to accommodate them." }, { "name": "The surgeon of Beaujeu", "aliases": [ "the surgeon" ], "description": "A rough local practitioner who treats Valancourt’s gunshot wound and advises him to rest. St. Aubert doubts his skill but accepts his advice because no better help is nearby." }, { "name": "The two shepherd’s children", "aliases": [ "the shepherd’s children" ], "description": "The unnamed young sons of Jacques and his wife, whom St. Aubert and Emily meet outside their mountain cottage. Their family’s distress over stolen sheep moves Valancourt to give generously." }, { "name": "The shepherd’s wife", "aliases": [], "description": "Jacques’s unnamed wife, who tells St. Aubert and Emily that gipsies stole sheep her husband had bought with his savings. She fears the loss of his master’s trust and the hardship it would bring their children." }, { "name": "The shepherd’s master", "aliases": [ "the shepherd’s master" ], "description": "The unnamed owner of the flock Jacques tends. The shepherd’s wife describes him as hard and fears he will no longer entrust Jacques with his sheep after the theft." }, { "name": "The poor monk", "aliases": [ "the monk who opens the convent gate" ], "description": "The monk who admits St. Aubert, Emily, and Valancourt to the convent and brings their request for lodging to the superior." }, { "name": "The peasant near the château", "aliases": [ "the second peasant" ], "description": "An unnamed countryman who directs St. Aubert’s party toward the château in the woods, while warning that he would not advise them to go there." }, { "name": "The first peasant", "aliases": [ "the peasant walking on the road" ], "description": "An unnamed passerby who tells St. Aubert’s party that no nearby house accommodates travellers, but mentions a château in the woods and says he cannot show them the way." }, { "name": "The late Monsieur St. Aubert", "aliases": [], "description": "St. Aubert’s father, whose liberality or extravagance burdened the family finances. His son sold part of the family estate to Monsieur Quesnel." }, { "name": "The grey-headed peasant", "aliases": [], "description": "The elderly peasant entrusted with St. Aubert’s boyhood summer cottage; he welcomed the young St. Aubert with fruit and cream." }, { "name": "St. Aubert’s two sons", "aliases": [], "description": "St. Aubert and Madame St. Aubert’s sons, both of whom died in infancy before the story begins." }, { "name": "Francis", "aliases": [], "description": "A servant in St. Aubert’s household, dismissed before St. Aubert and Emily set out on their journey." }, { "name": "The Duke de Joyeuse", "aliases": [], "description": "A French duke whose marriage festivities are described by Monsieur Quesnel and Madame Quesnel; he is discussed as a political figure by Quesnel." }, { "name": "Margaretta of Lorrain", "aliases": [], "description": "The sister of the Queen, whose marriage to the Duke de Joyeuse is celebrated at court." }, { "name": "Henry the Third", "aliases": [ "Henry III" ], "description": "The king whose court and festivities are discussed by Monsieur Quesnel." }, { "name": "Henry of Navarre", "aliases": [], "description": "A political figure whose reception is discussed by Monsieur Quesnel." }, { "name": "The Duke de Durefort", "aliases": [], "description": "A friend of Monsieur Quesnel, whom Quesnel says he plans to invite to his estate." }, { "name": "The Marquis Ramont", "aliases": [], "description": "A friend of Monsieur Quesnel, whom Quesnel says he plans to invite to his estate." }, { "name": "The Countess Lacleur", "aliases": [ "Madame La Comtesse" ], "description": "A beautiful Parisian society hostess with captivating manners and a reputation for brilliant, playful wit. Valancourt attends her musical gatherings and suppers, where she secretly encourages gambling that helps fund her lavish establishment." }, { "name": "The three strangers on the rampart", "aliases": [ "the strangers Emily saw at Udolpho" ], "description": "Three armed-looking men whom Emily sees watching her on a terrace and later recognizes among Montoni’s followers. The man walking between the other two has a particularly watchful and villainous expression." }, { "name": "The eldest cavalier seated beside Emily", "aliases": [ "the tall Italian guest" ], "description": "An unnamed, tall Italian guest at Montoni’s dinner, with a long, narrow face, aquiline nose, penetrating dark eyes, and sickly yellow complexion. He is one of two cavaliers seated beside Emily." }, { "name": "The second cavalier seated beside Emily", "aliases": [ "the Italian guest of about forty" ], "description": "An unnamed Italian guest of about forty, with small, hollow dark-grey eyes and an irregular, sun-burnt face. He is one of two cavaliers seated beside Emily." }, { "name": "The eight other guests at Montoni’s dinner", "aliases": [ "Montoni’s uniformed guests" ], "description": "Eight unnamed men in uniform who dine with Montoni and Madame Montoni. Their expressions suggest fierce, scheming, or licentious characters, and they join Montoni’s armed company." }, { "name": "The savage-looking man among Montoni’s followers", "aliases": [ "the man resting on his pike" ], "description": "An unnamed man of apparently low condition among Montoni’s armed followers. He listens intently to Montoni and sometimes shows an air of authority that Montoni’s manner cannot suppress." }, { "name": "The unseen voice in the cedar chamber", "aliases": [ "the voice that interrupts Montoni" ], "description": "An unidentified speaker who twice interrupts Montoni’s story of Signora Laurentini with the word “Listen!” No one in the room discovers who spoke." }, { "name": "The servant who cares for Madame Montoni’s château", "aliases": [ "the servant Valancourt bribed" ], "description": "An unnamed servant left to care for Madame Montoni’s château in Thoulouse. Valancourt bribes the servant to let him visit the gardens after Emily’s departure." }, { "name": "Valancourt’s Parisian relatives", "aliases": [ "the relations residing at Paris" ], "description": "Unnamed relatives to whom Valancourt’s brother gives him letters of introduction. They receive Valancourt politely but offer him no real friendship or guidance." }, { "name": "The servant who attends the wine ewers", "aliases": [ "the servant in charge of the wine ewers" ], "description": "An unnamed servant responsible for the wine ewers at Montoni’s dinner. Montoni suspects this servant colluded in the attempt to poison his wine and orders him chained and imprisoned." }, { "name": "The other chained servant", "aliases": [ "the servant whose face betrayed guilt or fear" ], "description": "An unnamed servant whom Montoni orders chained alongside the servant responsible for the wine ewers. 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