# Emma Bergmann — Pointed Roofs character guide

> Emma Bergmann in Pointed Roofs by Dorothy M. Richardson.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** little Bergmann, Emma, German Emma

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Snapshot

A German pupil called little Bergmann, warm and plump, whose serene certainty about her future both comforts and unsettles Miriam.

## Who they are

Emma sits close at Miriam's side at table, and Miriam likes to take food handed by her warm plump presence. She is one of the German girls who already own complete house linen and can cook, placid and unafraid of the future in a way Miriam has never met. Yet Miriam cannot contemplate Emma in relation to a German husband, and that shirking thought marks the distance between the two worlds.

## Relationships

### [Miriam](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pointed_roofs_se/characters/miriam)

_friendship_

Emma is a gentle, musical fellow student who bonds with Miriam over their shared love of piano and art.

### [Miriam](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pointed_roofs_se/characters/miriam)

_friendship_

Emma is a gentle, musical fellow student who bonds with Miriam over their shared love of piano and art.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pointed_roofs_se/chapters/iii)

Sits close to Miriam at breakfast; shows adoring eyes during the English lesson.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pointed_roofs_se/chapters/iv)

Sits beside Miriam in the German church, shaking with laughter during the hymn, which Miriam finds endearing.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pointed_roofs_se/chapters/v)

Tells Miriam about Clara's love interest and her own Jüngling; excitedly asks about going to Kreipe's.

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

Shrinks back with a horrified face as Marie takes her plate.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pointed_roofs_se/chapters/viii)

Collects her things from the room, comforts Mademoiselle, and is terrified during the thunderstorm.

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

Sits warm at Miriam's side during the return drive, with her hand on Miriam's arm under a mass of fern and grasses.

## Links

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