# Scrap — The Enchanted April character guide > Scrap in The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim. **Role:** major **Also known as:** Lady Caroline Dester, Lady Caroline, Caroline **First appearance:** 0000-i ## Snapshot A celebrated London beauty, weary of being admired, who retreats to Italy hoping for anonymity and instead meets her own conscience. ## Who they are Lady Caroline Dester — 'Scrap' — is the youngest and most dazzling of the four, accustomed to being stared at and courted and thoroughly bored by both. San Salvatore unsettles her: almost at once she feels accused of being 'tawdry,' and she dreads that Lotty's friendliness will trap her into four weeks of being grabbed at. Her beauty is a shield she is beginning to find unbearable, and her struggle to think honestly about herself gives the middle of the book its sharpest inner drama. ## Relationships ### [Mrs. Fisher](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/characters/mrs_fisher) _psychological_ Mrs. Fisher is initially critical and controlling toward Scrap, but later develops a grudging admiration and protective interest in her. ### [Mr. Wilkins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/characters/mr_wilkins) _friendship_ Mr. Wilkins is charmed by Scrap's beauty and lightness, and they share a flirtatious but ultimately friendly rapport. ### [Frederick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/characters/frederick) _friendship_ Frederick and Scrap share a light, friendly camaraderie, with Scrap often teasing him about his romantic troubles. ### [Mrs. Wilkins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/characters/mrs_wilkins) _friendship_ Mrs. Wilkins admires Scrap's beauty and confidence, and they develop a warm, sisterly friendship. ### [Domenico](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/characters/domenico) _professional_ Domenico is a servant at the castle who is charmed by Scrap and serves her with particular attentiveness. ### [Mrs. Arbuthnot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/characters/mrs_arbuthnot) _friendship_ They are friendly fellow guests, with Mrs. Arbuthnot often acting as a calming, maternal presence for Scrap. ### [Costanza](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/characters/costanza) _professional_ Costanza is a servant at the castle who attends to Scrap, often with a cheerful and helpful demeanor. ### [Mrs. Fisher](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/characters/mrs_fisher) _psychological_ Mrs. Fisher is initially critical and controlling toward Scrap, but later develops a grudging admiration and protective interest in her. ### [Mrs. Fisher](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/characters/mrs_fisher) _psychological_ Mrs. Fisher is initially critical and controlling toward Scrap, but later develops a grudging admiration and protective interest in her. ### [Mr. Wilkins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/characters/mr_wilkins) _friendship_ Mr. Wilkins is charmed by Scrap's beauty and lightness, and they share a flirtatious but ultimately friendly rapport. ### [Mr. Wilkins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/characters/mr_wilkins) _friendship_ Mr. Wilkins is charmed by Scrap's beauty and lightness, and they share a flirtatious but ultimately friendly rapport. ### [Mrs. Wilkins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/characters/mrs_wilkins) _friendship_ Mrs. Wilkins admires Scrap's beauty and confidence, and they develop a warm, sisterly friendship. ## In the story ### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/vi) Has already arrived and chosen her room, asserting her independence. She is wary of being 'dogged' by the others and seeks complete escape from her previous life. ### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/vii) Mentioned as having arrived with Mrs. Fisher and having considered taking the larger sitting room; she is described as a pretty creature and is absorbed in the view, ignoring the others. ### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/viii) Seeks solitude on the wall, avoids the laughter of the other women, and is irritated by Domenico's attentions; she begins to feel a new desire to think. ### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/ix) Avoids lunch, feigns a headache, and resists the attention from the other women. ### [Scrap's Disillusionment and the Search for Anonymity](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/x) Reveals her desire to escape her identity and find peace; reflects on the burdens of beauty and the war's impact. ### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/xii) Engages in candid conversation with Mrs. Wilkins, supports her plan, and shows indifference to social conventions. ### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/xiii) Lies alone in the top garden, begins to feel a conscience pressing on her, and shows interest in Rose's letter to Frederick. ### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/xiv) Avoids Mr. Wilkins by staying in the garden, calculates his bath will keep him busy, and continues her inquiries into the meaning of her life. ### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/xv) Feels indulgent toward Mr. Wilkins after seeing him in a towel, and responds to his apology with a brief note. ### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/xvi) Scrap experiences nicer thoughts about her parents and a glimmer of gratitude; she feels the working of San Salvatore on her character. ### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/xix) Recognizes Briggs's infatuation as a threat to her rest-cure; later receives Ferdinand Arundel and decides to use him as a shield. ### [XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/xx) Spends time with Mr. Arundel, enjoying invented stories about her mother. ### [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/xxii) Reflects on being a 'spoilt, sour, suspicious, selfish spinster' due to excessive love; appreciates Frederick's compliments but feels wistful. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/characters/scrap - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/characters