# Aglae — Suspense character guide

> Aglae in Suspense by Joseph Conrad.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Miss Aglae

**First appearance:** 0001-suspense

## Snapshot

The young companion who trails her mistress through a reckless errand of self-sacrifice, frightened out of her wits yet faithful to the last unconventional step.

## Who they are

Aglae attends the young woman who will become Madame de Montevesso, the one sent with a message when her mistress locks herself away, and the one who follows when she escapes the house to summon a wealthy general and offer him a marriage of pure gratitude. Her terror during that escapade is the ordinary human reaction against which her mistress's exalted self-sacrifice stands out in stark relief. She matters as the witness who makes the courtship's strangeness visible, a small figure whose fright measures how far her mistress has stepped outside the conventions of her world.

## Relationships

### [Bernard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/suspense_se/characters/bernard)

_romantic_

Aglae and Bernard share a flirtatious and playful romance, full of banter and mutual attraction.

### [Bernard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/suspense_se/characters/bernard)

_romantic_

Aglae and Bernard share a flirtatious and playful romance, full of banter and mutual attraction.

### [Bernard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/suspense_se/characters/bernard)

_romantic_

Aglae and Bernard share a flirtatious and playful romance, full of banter and mutual attraction.

## In the story

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

The black maid, shrewd and practical, who shares observations with Bernard and worries about the family's finances.

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

Mentioned as the Countess's servant who accompanied her during her escape.

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