# Duchess of St. Bungay — Can You Forgive Her? character guide

> Duchess of St. Bungay in Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Duchess of St. Bungay, Duchess

**First appearance:** 0058-lix-the-duke-of-st-bungay-in-search-of-a-minister

## Who they are

The wife of the Duke of St. Bungay, a society hostess.

## In the story

### [Dandy and Flirt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_you_forgive_her_se/chapters/xxii-dandy-and-flirt)

Appears briefly at Matching Priory, making a stiff bow to Alice and discussing the hot-water pipes at Longroyston.

### [Dinner at Matching Priory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_you_forgive_her_se/chapters/xxiii-dinner-at-matching-priory)

The Duchess is taken out to dinner by Mr. Palliser and later plays billiards, though she is wary of Mrs. Conway Sparkes.

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