# Albert — A Damsel in Distress character guide

> Albert in A Damsel in Distress by P. G. Wodehouse.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Elbert, Young blighted Albert

**First appearance:** 0003-ii

## Snapshot

A sharp-eyed pageboy at Belpher Castle who knows everyone's secrets and is not above a bit of scheming to help a romantic cause.

## Who they are

Albert is the young, cheeky page at Belpher who sees more than the family realizes, including the truth about Keggs and the charity shillings. When George Bevan is trapped on a balcony, Albert improvises a knotted-sheet escape with the confidence of a general directing a campaign. His quick thinking and willingness to meddle make him an unlikely but essential ally in the novel's escalating confusions.

## Relationships

### [Keggs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_damsel_in_distress_se/characters/keggs)

_professional_

Albert and Keggs are fellow servants in the household, with a dynamic of rivalry and cooperation.

### [George Bevan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_damsel_in_distress_se/characters/george_bevan)

_professional_

Albert serves as a helpful servant to George, often assisting him in his plans.

### [Keggs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_damsel_in_distress_se/characters/keggs)

_professional_

Albert and Keggs are fellow servants in the household, with a dynamic of rivalry and cooperation.

### [George Bevan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_damsel_in_distress_se/characters/george_bevan)

_professional_

Albert serves as a helpful servant to George, often assisting him in his plans.

### [Keggs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_damsel_in_distress_se/characters/keggs)

_professional_

Albert and Keggs are fellow servants in the household, with a dynamic of rivalry and cooperation.

### [George Bevan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_damsel_in_distress_se/characters/george_bevan)

_professional_

Albert serves as a helpful servant to George, often assisting him in his plans.

## In the story

### [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_damsel_in_distress_se/chapters/viii)

Albert the page boy accepts half a crown from George to deliver a note to Lady Maud.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_damsel_in_distress_se/chapters/ix)

The page boy; more interested in hornets and becoming a butcher than in poetry, but obedient to Maud.

### [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_damsel_in_distress_se/chapters/x)

The page boy who delivers a note from Maud to George.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_damsel_in_distress_se/chapters/xi)

Albert reveals the servants' sweepstake and devises the waiter scheme.

### [Chapter XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_damsel_in_distress_se/chapters/xii)

Briefly mentioned as hastening toward George at the end of the excerpt.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_damsel_in_distress_se/chapters/xiii)

Albert orchestrates George's escape by lowering a knotted sheet from an upper window and urging George to climb up quickly.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_damsel_in_distress_se/chapters/xiv)

Albert is caught by Keggs and forced to hand over his sweepstake ticket after being caught smoking.

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_damsel_in_distress_se/chapters/xvii)

Miserable and tormented, he sabotages Maud's note and unsuccessfully advises Reggie Byng.

### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_damsel_in_distress_se/chapters/xviii)

Albert is suspected by Keggs of having destroyed Maud's letters to George, having swapped his sweepstake ticket with Keggs.

### [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_damsel_in_distress_se/chapters/xxii)

Morose after losing his bet, he is scolded by Keggs and later tasked with delivering an invitation to Mr. Bevan.

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