# Benita — Lorna Doone character guide

> Benita in Lorna Doone by R. D. Blackmore.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Benita, this Benita, Madam Benita Odam, Mistress Benita, Benita

**First appearance:** 0056-lvii-lorna-knows-her-nurse

## Who they are

Lorna's former nurse, who reveals her true parentage.

## In the story

### [Jeremy Finds Out Something](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lorna_doone_se/chapters/liii-jeremy-finds-out-something)

Foreign woman who tells Jeremy the story of the noble Englishman and his family.

### [John Becomes Too Popular](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lorna_doone_se/chapters/lvi-john-becomes-too-popular)

Impressed upon John that Lorna's father was the Earl of Dugal.

### [Lorna Knows Her Nurse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lorna_doone_se/chapters/lvii-lorna-knows-her-nurse)

Lorna's old nurse; provides evidence of Lorna's lineage and is brought to Plover's Barrows by John.

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