# Amelia Lethbury — The Cords of Vanity character guide

> Amelia Lethbury in The Cords of Vanity by James Branch Cabell.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0010-i-he-sits-out-a-dance

## Who they are

Ned Lethbury's sister, a young woman.

## In the story

### [He Duels with a Stupid Woman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cords_of_vanity_se/chapters/viii-he-duels-with-a-stupid-woman)

Revealed as the woman the narrator loves, formerly Amelia Van Orden, now married to Ned Lethbury. She is a Catholic, feels bound by her marriage vow, and refuses to leave her husband despite her love for the narrator.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cords_of_vanity_se/chapters/viii)

Stood by Ned Lethbury during his trial, then disappeared after he went to the penitentiary; the narrator suspects Anton von Anspach knows her whereabouts.

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