# Linet — Le Morte d’Arthur character guide

> Linet in Le Morte d’Arthur by Thomas Malory.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the damosel Linet, Dame Linet

**First appearance:** 0004-i

## Who they are

A damsel who guides and tests Sir Gareth.

## In the story

### [How Beaumains Desired the Battle and Was Made Knight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/iii)

The damosel who scorns Beaumains and departs angrily.

### [How Beaumains fought and slew two knights at a passage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/vi)

The damosel who continually chides and belittles Beaumains, accusing his victories of being mere misadventures.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/vii)

The damosel who continually rebukes Beaumains and tries to make him flee, calling him a kitchen knave.

### [How the brother of the knight that was slain met with Beaumains, and fought with Beaumains till he was yielden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/viii)

The damosel who accompanies Beaumains; she mocks him but ultimately intervenes to save the Green Knight's life.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/ix)

The damosel who repeatedly rebukes Beaumains, calling him a kitchen boy and urging him to flee before the Pass Perilous.

### [The Red Knight Overcome](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/x)

The damosel who chides Beaumains and intercedes for the Red Knight's life.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xi)

The damosel who repeatedly rebukes Beaumains but later acknowledges his noble blood and apologizes for her harsh words.

### [How Beaumains fought with Sir Persant of Inde, and made him to be yielden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xii)

The damosel who intercedes to save Sir Persant's life after his defeat.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xiii)

Damosel leading Beaumains to the siege of Castle Dangerous; sister of Dame Lionesse.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xiv)

The damosel who brought Beaumains to fight for her sister; she is the sister of the besieged lady.

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xv)

The damosel Linet accompanies Beaumains and warns him of the Red Knight's strength, urging him to wait until noon.

### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xvi)

Damosel accompanying Sir Beaumains, points out Dame Lionesse at the window.

### [How Sir Beaumains Overcame the Red Knight of the Red Launds](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xvii)

Cries out to Beaumains to regain his courage, noting her sister's distress.

### [How the knight yielded him, and how Beaumains made him to go unto King Arthur's court, and to cry Sir Launcelot mercy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xviii)

Unarms Beaumains and tends to his wounds after the battle.

### [How Beaumains Came to the Lady, and When He Came to the Castle the Gates Were Closed Against Him, and of the Words That the Lady Said to Him](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xix)

Accompanies Beaumains to the castle and later informs her sister of the dwarf's knowledge of Beaumains' identity.

### [The Rescue of the Dwarf and the Revelation of Sir Gareth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xx)

Sister to Dame Lionesse; she praises Gareth's courtesy and patience despite her earlier harsh rebukes.

### [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xxii)

Displeased with her sister's haste, uses subtle crafts to prevent their consummation. Later restores the beheaded knight to life with an ointment.

### [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xxiii)

Anoints the pieces of the beheaded knight's head to reassemble them.

### [XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xxxiii)

Reveals the fighters' identities and facilitates the reunion.

### [How Sir Gareth acknowledged that they loved each other to King Arthur, and of the appointment of their wedding.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xxxiv)

Rides with Dame Lionesse and Sir Gringamore to their castle.

## Links

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