# The Stranger — Lavengro character guide

> The Stranger in Lavengro by George Borrow.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** stranger

**First appearance:** 0004-i

## Who they are

A mysterious figure who confronts Lavengro and Winifred in a dramatic encounter.

## In the story

### [Chapter XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xii)

A tall man with a fresh wound on his forehead, accompanied by a fairy dog, who confronts the narrator on the road during the snowstorm but leaves after a brief exchange.

### [XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxix)

A rakish figure who demands one-and-ninepence from the narrator upon his arrival in London.

### [XLVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xlvi)

The merchant whose pocketbook is stolen; recognizes Lavengro from London Bridge and later engages in a philological conversation.

### [LIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/liii)

The thimble-and-pea man, who offers the narrator a job as a 'bonnet' and recounts his past as a pickpocket and his turn to the thimble game.

### [LXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lxiii)

A man in plain black clothes enters the parlour, engages in a guarded conversation with the narrator, makes symbolic gestures (touching glass, fork, scratching floor), and invites the narrator to his home.

### [LXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lxiv)

Hosts the narrator at his mansion, shares his family history and his personal struggles with sensibility and compulsive touching.

### [LXXXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lxxxix)

The man in black from the public-house, who appears in the dingle at the end of the chapter.

### [XCIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xciv)

The man in black who discusses the plans of the Roman See and criticizes English society.

### [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxvi)

An elderly passenger who fights and defeats the bang-up coachman after being insulted.

### [XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxviii)

The man in black, who travels with Mr. Platitude and winks at the narrator.

### [XLVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xlvi)

The thimble-rigger whom Murtagh met at a fair and later became his companion.

## Links

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- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/characters