# Ned Lethbury — The Cords of Vanity character guide

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

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Lethbury, Teddy

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

## Who they are

A friend of the narrator, a young man about town.

## Relationships

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cords_of_vanity_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_friendship_

Ned is a friend and fellow member of the narrator's social circle.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cords_of_vanity_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_friendship_

Ned is a friend and fellow member of the narrator's social circle.

## In the story

### [I: He Sits Out a Dance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cords_of_vanity_se/chapters/i-he-sits-out-a-dance)

Mentioned as a handsome man with waxed mustachios whose example prompts the narrator to ask Stella to sit out a dance.

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

Mr. Lethbury is noted as a handsome man with waxed mustachios and whiskers, whose example prompts the narrator to ask Stella to sit out a dance.

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

The drunken, brutish husband of Amelia, who is fumbling at the gate at the end of the chapter.

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

Elena's husband, an embezzler and drunkard, who is currently the manager of the Imperial Dramatic Company.

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

Drunkenly fumbles with the gate latch, speaking to it plaintively as if it were a lost child.

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

Caught by police that summer; his trial at Chiswick is mentioned.

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