# Virgilia Samms — First Lensman character guide

> Virgilia Samms in First Lensman by E. E. Smith.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Virgilia, Samms

**First appearance:** 0013-xii

## Who they are

Virgil Samms's daughter, a dazzling muscle-reader who dances through parties reading murder in the bodies of men who think they are merely flirting.

## Relationships

### [Virgil Samms](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/first_lensman_se/characters/virgil_samms)

_family_

Virgilia is Virgil's wife, and they have a supportive and affectionate marriage.

### [Virgil Samms](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/first_lensman_se/characters/virgil_samms)

_family_

Virgilia is Virgil's wife, and they have a supportive and affectionate marriage.

### [Virgil Samms](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/first_lensman_se/characters/virgil_samms)

_family_

Virgilia is Virgil's wife, and they have a supportive and affectionate marriage.

## In the story

### [Chapter II: The Arisian Solution](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/first_lensman_se/chapters/ii)

Plays mixed-doubles tennis with Jack Kinnison; taunts him about his killer instinct.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/first_lensman_se/chapters/iii)

Revealed by Mentor to have been unconsciously training for her destined work; her poker skills and psychological studies are noted.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/first_lensman_se/chapters/iv)

Communicates via Lens from Washington, gathering intelligence while dancing with Herkimer Third.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/first_lensman_se/chapters/vi)

Uses her tactile and mental abilities to detect a murder plot; communicates with Lensmen to protect her father.

## Links

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