# Widow Annot — Privy Seal character guide

> Widow Annot in Privy Seal by Ford Madox Ford.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Widow Annot

**First appearance:** 0004-i

## Who they are

A local woman, possibly a servant.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/privy_seal_se/chapters/i)

The English widow who keeps the inn of the Golden Astrolabe. She is masterful and shrewd, insisting on marriage before yielding to Udal's advances.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/privy_seal_se/chapters/ii)

Udal's new wife, a resolute and practical woman who manages the inn and insists that Udal go to London to advance his career.

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

Udal's wife in Paris; she provides him with secrets gleaned from her lodgers and hopes for his advancement.

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