# Bertalda — The Breaking of the Storm character guide

> Bertalda in The Breaking of the Storm by Friedrich Spielhagen.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Dear Bertalda, Fräulein Bertalda

**First appearance:** 0001-i

## Who they are

A young woman in the social circle, possibly a friend of Elsa.

## In the story

### [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_breaking_of_the_storm_se/chapters/x)

Visits Giraldi, expresses boredom with her role as a model for Ottomar, and reveals she told Ferdinanda the truth.

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

Dances at the ball and is seen in intimate conversation with Giraldi.

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

Bertalda arrives urgently to fetch Ferdinanda, reporting that Ottomar plans to shoot himself and that his father sent him a pistol.

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

Mentioned as the person with whom Ferdinanda has eloped.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_breaking_of_the_storm_se/chapters/xii)

Bertalda is mentioned in the memory of the scene where she and Ottomar arranged last things before the flight.

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