# Catriona Drummond — Catriona character guide > Catriona Drummond in Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson. **Role:** major **Also known as:** Catriona Being, Miss Catriona, Catriona Macgregor-Drummond, Catrine, Catrine Balfour **First appearance:** 0001-catriona ## Who they are Proud, quick-witted, and poor, Catriona Drummond leaps from a ship's bulwark for David, yet confesses her heart may not be true to anyone. ## Relationships ### [Alan Breck Stewart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se/characters/alan_breck_stewart) _friendship_ Protective and affectionate bond, with Alan acting as a guardian figure to Catriona. ### [David Balfour](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se/characters/david_balfour) _romantic_ Deep romantic attachment marked by tenderness, loyalty, and trials of separation. ### [James More Macgregor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se/characters/james_more_macgregor) _family_ Daughter and father relationship strained by his selfishness and her independence. ### [Lady Allardyce](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se/characters/lady_allardyce) _social_ Acquaintances with a veneer of politeness masking Lady Allardyce's ulterior motives. ### [Neil of the Tom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se/characters/neil_of_the_tom) _social_ Fellow Highlander with a connection through shared community and circumstances. ### [David Balfour](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se/characters/david_balfour) _romantic_ Deep romantic attachment marked by tenderness, loyalty, and trials of separation. ### [Alan Breck Stewart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se/characters/alan_breck_stewart) _friendship_ Protective and affectionate bond, with Alan acting as a guardian figure to Catriona. ### [Lady Allardyce](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se/characters/lady_allardyce) _social_ Acquaintances with a veneer of politeness masking Lady Allardyce's ulterior motives. ### [James More Macgregor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se/characters/james_more_macgregor) _family_ Daughter and father relationship strained by his selfishness and her independence. ### [James More Macgregor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se/characters/james_more_macgregor) _family_ Daughter and father relationship strained by his selfishness and her independence. ### [Neil of the Tom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se/characters/neil_of_the_tom) _social_ Fellow Highlander with a connection through shared community and circumstances. ### [Neil of the Tom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se/characters/neil_of_the_tom) _social_ Fellow Highlander with a connection through shared community and circumstances. ## In the story ### [Catriona](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se/chapters/catriona) Central figure in David's affections and adventures. ### [A Beggar on Horseback](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se/chapters/i-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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se/chapters/v-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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se/chapters/vii-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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se/chapters/xi-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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se/chapters/xvi-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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se/chapters/xviii-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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se/chapters/xix-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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se/chapters/part-ii-father-and-daughter) Portrayed as torn between her affection for David and her loyalty to her father. ### [Helvoetsluys](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se/chapters/xxii-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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se/chapters/xxiii-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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se/chapters/xxiv-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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se/chapters/xxv-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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se/chapters/xxvi-the-threesome) Catriona misinterprets David's formal behavior as rejection, feeling hurt and confused after their earlier intimacy. ### [A Twosome](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se/chapters/xxvii-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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se/chapters/xxix-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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se/chapters/xxx-the-letter-from-the-ship) Confesses her love for David, but fears her father's betrayal and urges David to open the letter. ### [Conclusion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se/chapters/conclusion) David's wife; accompanies him to Paris and visits her dying father, James More. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se/characters/catriona_drummond - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/catriona_se/characters