# Car Darch — Tess of the d’Urbervilles character guide

> Car Darch in Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Car, Queen of Spades, dark Car

**First appearance:** 0013-x

## Who they are

A coarse village girl who fights with Tess at the market after Alec's attention.

## Relationships

### [Tess Durbeyfield](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tess_of_the_d_urbervilles_se/characters/tess_durbeyfield)

_rivalry_

Car Darch is a former rival of Tess's at Talbothays, resentful of Tess's beauty and Angel's attention.

### [Tess Durbeyfield](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tess_of_the_d_urbervilles_se/characters/tess_durbeyfield)

_rivalry_

Car Darch is a former rival of Tess's at Talbothays, resentful of Tess's beauty and Angel's attention.

## In the story

### [The Chaseborough Fair and the Flight with Alec](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tess_of_the_d_urbervilles_se/chapters/x)

Car, the Queen of Spades, is a former favorite of Alec's; she is drunk and involved in the treacle incident, and later laughs at Tess's departure.

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