Belle

The Sap-engro and the Gypsy Encounter

Not present in this chapter.

LXXXV

Tall girl who intervenes in the fight, coaches Lavengro, and asserts her independence.

LXXXVI

Isopel mentions Grey Moll, the Flaming Tinman's wife, describing her as true and faithful.

LXXXVIII

Mentioned indirectly as 'Grey Moll' who reported the fight to the landlord.

LXXXIX

Has prepared a tent and tea; expresses curiosity about Lavengro's visit and admiration for America; agrees to learn Armenian.

XC

Openly distrusts the man in black, criticizes his demeanor, and refuses his polite gestures.

The Landlord's Desperate Scheme

Referred to as 'the young woman you keeps company with'; the intended opponent in the landlord's proposed fixed fight.

XCIII

Present during the visit, fetches water for the man in black's drink.

XCV

Returns late from selling, tired from the heat. She resists Lavengro's Armenian lessons and takes shelter with him during the thunderstorm.

XCVI

Assists the postillion after his fall, helps lift the chaise, and brings poles for leverage.

XCVII

Sits by the fire with her long hair; she is moved by Lavengro's praise of her heroic nature and sobs, burying her face in her hands.

The Servant's Tale

Listener to the servant's tale, present in the dingle.

Chapter I

Prepares breakfast, assists with the wheel repair, and politely rebuffs the postillion's advance.

Chapter II

Arrives at the dingle, unharnesses her donkey, and joins the narrator and the man in black.

Chapter III

Expresses anger and impatience with the man in black, refusing to refill his glass and wishing he would leave.

IV

Belle is present in the dingle, angered by the man in black's suggestions that she become an abbess, and threatens to break his glass.

V

Informs Lavengro of the Gypsies' arrival and prepares for breakfast.

Chapter VI

Isopel Berners allows Mrs. Petulengro to braid her hair but later rejects the gypsy style, asserting her independence; she announces she will take a journey.

XIII

Mentioned as being silent and melancholy during breakfast before the narrator leaves the dingle.

XIV

Waiting for the narrator in the dingle, she becomes distressed during the Armenian lesson, weeps, and is offered a proposal to go to America together.

The Fair and the Departure

Stays awake all night, bids Lavengro farewell at dawn, looks pale and cold.

XX

Mentioned as the niece of the landlord; she joins the farewell conversation, expressing concern for her uncle's spiritual and moral state.