# Anna Heves — Pimpernel and Rosemary character guide

> Anna Heves in Pimpernel and Rosemary by Baroness Orczy.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Anna, little Anna, Little Anna Heves

**First appearance:** 0004-ii

## Snapshot

Peter's pretty, enthusiastic young cousin in Cluj, whose romantic idealism and unexplained flight from home draw her into peril she never anticipated.

## Who they are

Anna is the child Rosemary remembers, now living alone at Kolozsvár for reasons Peter cannot fathom, and he asks Rosemary to look her up and give her a kiss from him. Her sweetness and enthusiasm make her easy to love and easy to endanger, and her involvement with Philip Imrey's political scheming turns her into one of Naniescu's leverage points. She matters because her fate becomes the test of whether Rosemary will compromise her principles to save the innocent.

## Relationships

### [Rosemary Fowkes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pimpernel_and_rosemary_se/characters/rosemary_fowkes)

_friendship_

Anna is a loyal friend to Rosemary, sharing in her adventures and personal struggles.

### [Peter Blakeney](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pimpernel_and_rosemary_se/characters/peter_blakeney)

_friendship_

Anna and Peter share a cordial friendship, united by their mutual care for Rosemary.

### [Elza Imrey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pimpernel_and_rosemary_se/characters/elza_imrey)

_friendship_

Anna and Elza are close friends, often collaborating to support Rosemary.

### [Jasper Tarkington](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pimpernel_and_rosemary_se/characters/jasper_tarkington)

_friendship_

Anna and Jasper are friendly allies, both invested in Rosemary's well-being.

### [Rosemary Fowkes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pimpernel_and_rosemary_se/characters/rosemary_fowkes)

_friendship_

Anna is a loyal friend to Rosemary, sharing in her adventures and personal struggles.

### [Jasper Tarkington](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pimpernel_and_rosemary_se/characters/jasper_tarkington)

_friendship_

Anna and Jasper are friendly allies, both invested in Rosemary's well-being.

### [Elza Imrey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pimpernel_and_rosemary_se/characters/elza_imrey)

_friendship_

Anna and Elza are close friends, often collaborating to support Rosemary.

### [Rosemary Fowkes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pimpernel_and_rosemary_se/characters/rosemary_fowkes)

_friendship_

Anna is a loyal friend to Rosemary, sharing in her adventures and personal struggles.

### [Peter Blakeney](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pimpernel_and_rosemary_se/characters/peter_blakeney)

_friendship_

Anna and Peter share a cordial friendship, united by their mutual care for Rosemary.

### [Peter Blakeney](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pimpernel_and_rosemary_se/characters/peter_blakeney)

_friendship_

Anna and Peter share a cordial friendship, united by their mutual care for Rosemary.

### [Jasper Tarkington](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pimpernel_and_rosemary_se/characters/jasper_tarkington)

_friendship_

Anna and Jasper are friendly allies, both invested in Rosemary's well-being.

### [Elza Imrey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pimpernel_and_rosemary_se/characters/elza_imrey)

_friendship_

Anna and Elza are close friends, often collaborating to support Rosemary.

## In the story

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

Mentioned by Peter as his little cousin who lives in Cluj and may need kindness; Rosemary promises to visit her.

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

Works in Balog's grocery shop in Cluj. Reveals her secret patriotic activities for Hungary, risking her life. She is proud and refuses Rosemary's offer of a secretarial position.

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

Arrested for smuggling articles; her life hangs in the balance as a pawn in Naniescu's scheme.

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

Returns hollow-eyed and grave, confides in Rosemary her intuition that they were betrayed by someone close and that they are still being watched.

### [Chapter XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pimpernel_and_rosemary_se/chapters/xvii)

Thoughtful and unaware; Peter suggests she should leave Transylvania.

### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pimpernel_and_rosemary_se/chapters/xviii)

Dances with Philip; implicated in sending Philip's articles through her parcels.

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pimpernel_and_rosemary_se/chapters/xix)

Dances with Philip and shares her fears with Rosemary about being watched.

### [XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pimpernel_and_rosemary_se/chapters/xx)

Excited and martyr-like, eager for the escape; speaks of surprising Peter at Hódmezö.

### [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pimpernel_and_rosemary_se/chapters/xxi)

Mentioned as part of the group discussing plans; crosses the lawn with Elza.

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

Visits Rosemary's room at night, discussing Hungarian fatalism and childlike faith.

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

Lighthearted and self-possessed; inadvertently reveals that no telephone message was sent to Peter.

### [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pimpernel_and_rosemary_se/chapters/xxiv)

Escapes with Philip; her absence is silently acknowledged.

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

Mentioned in connection with Number Ten's mission.

### [XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pimpernel_and_rosemary_se/chapters/xxxi)

Appears in Rosemary's storm-lit visions as gentle and resigned.

### [XXXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pimpernel_and_rosemary_se/chapters/xxxvii)

Mentioned as having been transferred to Sót prison along with Philip Imrey.

### [XL](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pimpernel_and_rosemary_se/chapters/xl)

Mentioned alongside Philip as a young detainee whose passionate desire to live pressures Elza to capitulate.

### [XLI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pimpernel_and_rosemary_se/chapters/xli)

Mentioned as having been arrested due to Peter's intrigue.

### [XLIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pimpernel_and_rosemary_se/chapters/xliii)

Escaped alongside Philip Imrey; pursued by Jasper's orders.

### [XLIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pimpernel_and_rosemary_se/chapters/xliv)

Escaping with Philip; Rosemary thinks of her as a child learning love.

### [XLV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pimpernel_and_rosemary_se/chapters/xlv)

Referenced as fleeing with Philip; her earlier slip in Cluj gave away the secret to Jasper.

### [XLVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pimpernel_and_rosemary_se/chapters/xlviii)

Escaped with Philip; loved him since childhood.

## Links

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