# Adèle — Suspense character guide

> Adèle in Suspense by Joseph Conrad.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Adèle d’Armand, Miss Adèle, Mlle . Adèle, little Adèle, Adèle de Montevesso

**First appearance:** 0001-suspense

## Snapshot

The fair-haired girl Cosmo once glimpsed across Latham Hall, now Countess de Montevesso, returning to his life as a stranger shaped by tragedy and marriage.

## Who they are

Adèle d'Armand spent years in Cosmo's Yorkshire home as a quiet presence near his father's armchair, so woven into the family picture that he took her almost for granted. Now, married into the Montevesso name and seasoned by tragic times abroad, she is a woman of position whose face he cannot quite imagine grown up. His note to her hotel becomes the hinge on which the novel's reunion turns, and his uncertainty about whether she remembers him personally hints at how much of the past she has carried away.

## In the story

### [Suspense](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/suspense_se/chapters/suspense)

Engages in a private conversation with Cosmo, hinting at deeper connections.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/suspense_se/chapters/part-i-ii)

The young Adèle d'Armand, described as 'white and fair', who goes out visiting with Aglae, and is noted as ready to marry but the family is poor.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/suspense_se/chapters/part-i-iii)

Adèle d'Armand, now Countess of Montevesso, is the subject of the family's reflections. Her marriage to an upstart is discussed.

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

The Countess de Montevesso, remembered by Cosmo as a child and now a woman of position who is curious about his feelings.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/suspense_se/chapters/part-ii-iv)

Arrives after helping her father, asks Cosmo to stay, and informs her husband of the Marquis's summons.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/suspense_se/chapters/part-iii-ii)

Mentioned in Cosmo's letter to Henrietta, he notes she has become a wonderful person.

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