# Becky — A Little Princess character guide > Becky in A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. **Role:** supporting **Also known as:** Rebecca **First appearance:** 0005-iv-lottie ## Snapshot The scullery maid who hauls coal and sleeps among rats, yet trades stories and smuggled meat-pies with Sara in stolen minutes upstairs. ## Who they are Becky exists at the bottom of the seminary's hierarchy, invisible to Miss Minchin and used to being ordered about. Her friendship with Sara — begun when she woke terrified in a comfortable chair — survives on snatched moments, whispered installments of stories, and treats tucked into the tape-bound pocket under her skirt. Her matter-of-fact talk of rats and cockroaches gives the novel its sharpest glimpse of what poverty actually feels like, and her loyalty becomes the measure of Sara's true nobility. ## Relationships ### [Sara Crewe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_little_princess_se/characters/sara_crewe) _friendship_ Becky, the scullery maid, becomes Sara's close friend and ally, sharing hardships and kindness. ### [Miss Minchin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_little_princess_se/characters/miss_minchin) _professional_ Becky is Miss Minchin's underpaid and overworked scullery maid, treated with contempt and harshness. ### [Miss Minchin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_little_princess_se/characters/miss_minchin) _professional_ Becky is Miss Minchin's underpaid and overworked scullery maid, treated with contempt and harshness. ### [Sara Crewe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_little_princess_se/characters/sara_crewe) _friendship_ Becky, the scullery maid, becomes Sara's close friend and ally, sharing hardships and kindness. ### [Sara Crewe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_little_princess_se/characters/sara_crewe) _friendship_ Becky, the scullery maid, becomes Sara's close friend and ally, sharing hardships and kindness. ### [Miss Minchin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_little_princess_se/characters/miss_minchin) _professional_ Becky is Miss Minchin's underpaid and overworked scullery maid, treated with contempt and harshness. ## In the story ### [The Whole of the Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_little_princess_se/chapters/the-whole-of-the-story) The hungry scullery-maid who becomes Sara's adoring friend. ### [A Little Princess](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_little_princess_se/chapters/a-little-princess) The scullery maid who is treated kindly by Sara, forming a bond of friendship. ### [Becky](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_little_princess_se/chapters/v-becky) The scullery-maid, exhausted from hard work, is drawn to Sara's stories and finds warmth and hope in Sara's kindness. ### [The Diamond-Mines](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_little_princess_se/chapters/vi-the-diamond-mines) Deepens her friendship with Sara; receives secret gifts of food and stories; finds laughter and comfort in Sara's kindness. ### [The Diamond-Mines Again](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_little_princess_se/chapters/vii-the-diamond-mines-again) Attends the birthday party at Sara's request, hides under a table during Miss Minchin's angry soliloquy, and tearfully offers to wait on Sara after her fall from fortune. ### [In the Attic](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_little_princess_se/chapters/viii-in-the-attic) Provides comfort to Sara from the other side of the attic wall, helps her dress before daybreak, and respects her need for solitude during grief. ### [Melchisedec](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_little_princess_se/chapters/ix-melchisedec) Becky communicates with Sara through knocks on the wall, participating in their Bastille prisoner game. ### [The Indian Gentleman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_little_princess_se/chapters/x-the-indian-gentleman) Becky shares gossip with Sara about the new neighbor, the Indian gentleman, speculating that he is a heathen who worships idols. She is fascinated by the exotic possibility. ### [One of the Populace](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_little_princess_se/chapters/xiii-one-of-the-populace) Visits Sara in the attic; finds comfort in Sara's stories of the Bastille and tropical forests. ### [The Magic](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_little_princess_se/chapters/xv-the-magic) Falsely accused of stealing by the cook; invited by Sara to join the feast; struggles to pretend but is uplifted. ### [The Visitor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_little_princess_se/chapters/xvi-the-visitor) Becky shares in the secret comforts, growing plumper and happier, and is excitedly grateful for the blanket she found. ### [Anne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_little_princess_se/chapters/xix-anne) Accompanies Sara as her delighted attendant, now with a pink, round face. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_little_princess_se/characters/becky - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_little_princess_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_little_princess_se/characters