Catriona Drummond

Alan Breck Stewart

Protective and affectionate bond, with Alan acting as a guardian figure to Catriona.

David Balfour

Deep romantic attachment marked by tenderness, loyalty, and trials of separation.

James More Macgregor

Daughter and father relationship strained by his selfishness and her independence.

Lady Allardyce

Acquaintances with a veneer of politeness masking Lady Allardyce's ulterior motives.

Neil of the Tom

Fellow Highlander with a connection through shared community and circumstances.

David Balfour

Deep romantic attachment marked by tenderness, loyalty, and trials of separation.

Alan Breck Stewart

Protective and affectionate bond, with Alan acting as a guardian figure to Catriona.

Lady Allardyce

Acquaintances with a veneer of politeness masking Lady Allardyce's ulterior motives.

James More Macgregor

Daughter and father relationship strained by his selfishness and her independence.

James More Macgregor

Daughter and father relationship strained by his selfishness and her independence.

Neil of the Tom

Fellow Highlander with a connection through shared community and circumstances.

Neil of the Tom

Fellow Highlander with a connection through shared community and circumstances.

Catriona

Central figure in David's affections and adventures.

A Beggar on Horseback

Daughter of James More, she is in the close with gillies, trying to buy snuff for her imprisoned father. She speaks with David and accepts his sixpence.

In the Advocate's House

Spotted by the sisters outside the close, described as a beautiful lady with gillies.

I Make a Fault in Honor

Catriona meets David on the road and expresses joy at his having spoken with her father, James More. She defends her father fiercely when David criticizes him.

X: The Redheaded Man

Greets David warmly, listens to his story, and is torn between loyalty to her father and her feelings for David.

The Wood by Silvermills

David thinks of Catriona and his bargain with her, worrying that she may have endangered her father to help him.

The Missing Witness

Referenced in a cryptic note about grey eyes; David imagines her as the friend who was asking for him.

The Tee'd Ball

Helps her father James More escape from Edinburgh Castle by disguising herself as a cobbler; is now in prison herself.

I Am Much in the Hands of the Ladies

Mentioned as having been released from imprisonment; she pleaded with the Advocate for David's and her father's lives and kissed David's hand in admiration.

XX: I Continue to Move in Good Society

Seen briefly through a barred loophole; sends a letter to David via Miss Grant; is kept private by Prestongrange's arrangement and helped her father escape.

Part II: Father and Daughter

Portrayed as torn between her affection for David and her loyalty to her father.

Helvoetsluys

Catriona bravely leaps from the ship to the boat, reveals her poverty and her father's orders, and is distressed by her lack of funds.

Travels in Holland

Catriona is recovering from her ordeal, shows growing affection for David, and insists on being called his sister while displaying jealousy toward Miss Grant.

Full Story of a Copy of Heineccius

Catriona lives with David in Leyden, innocent and unaware of his inner turmoil. She changes clothes to signal her mood and eventually reconciles with him after a quarrel.

The Return of James More

Present in the adjacent chamber, she is the subject of the conversation between David and her father, and is informed of her father's arrival by David.

The Threesome

Catriona misinterprets David's formal behavior as rejection, feeling hurt and confused after their earlier intimacy.

A Twosome

Reacts joyfully to David's inheritance news but is soon sent away by her father; her feelings for David are evident.

XXVIII: In Which I Am Left Alone

Catriona is distant and resentful after a disagreement with her father. She refuses David's proposal, suspecting her father's coercion, and leaves behind all of David's gifts.

We Meet in Dunkirk

Writes a suspicious postscript on her father's letter; initially gay in Alan's company but turns stone-like upon James More's return.

The Letter from the Ship

Confesses her love for David, but fears her father's betrayal and urges David to open the letter.

Conclusion

David's wife; accompanies him to Paris and visits her dying father, James More.