# Rachel — The Counterfeiters character guide

> Rachel in The Counterfeiters by André Gide.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Miss Rachel

**First appearance:** 0031-ii-edouard-s-journal-at-the-vedels

## Who they are

A governess or teacher at the Vedel household.

## In the story

### [II: Edouard’s Journal: At the Vedels’](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_counterfeiters_se/chapters/ii-edouard-s-journal-at-the-vedels)

Self-sacrificing daughter who manages the school accounts and borrows money from Edouard to pay creditors and a tutor.

### [XIV: Bernard and the Angel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_counterfeiters_se/chapters/xiv-bernard-and-the-angel)

Confronts Bernard in the passage the morning after his struggle, her sad voice indicating she knows about his affair with Sarah.

### [XV: Bernard Visits Edouard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_counterfeiters_se/chapters/xv-bernard-visits-edouard)

Upset by Sarah's accusations, she protests that she cannot let Sarah go to perdition, but is left shattered by the quarrel.

### [XVII: Armand and Olivier](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_counterfeiters_se/chapters/xvii-armand-and-olivier)

Mentioned as the person Armand loves and respects; he told her about Bernard and Sarah.

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