# Mabel Prowse — The Enchanted Castle character guide > Mabel Prowse in The Enchanted Castle by E. Nesbit. **Role:** major **Also known as:** Mabel, the hidden Mabel, The invisible Mabel, the invisible Mabel, The faithful Mabel, Beauty, Beauty - Mabel **First appearance:** 0001-the-enchanted-castle ## Snapshot A lonely cousin folded into the children's holiday games, Mabel discovers that being overlooked has its own strange magic — and its own dangers. ## Who they are Mabel is the cousin whose measles kept the others from home, and she enters their circle as an outsider hungry for company and for a part in the game. Her wish to be noticed — and then to be invisible — turns her into the story's most literal test of what magic does to a person's place among friends. As the ring's power grows, Mabel's shifting visibility makes her both the enchantment's victim and its most compelling mystery. ## Relationships ### [Gerald](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_castle_se/characters/gerald) _friendship_ Gerald and Mabel are close friends and co-adventurers, with Mabel often acting as a guide to the magical castle. ### [Kathleen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_castle_se/characters/kathleen) _friendship_ Kathleen and Mabel are close friends, with Kathleen often looking up to Mabel's knowledge of the enchanted castle. ### [Jimmy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_castle_se/characters/jimmy) _friendship_ Jimmy and Mabel are friends and fellow explorers, often engaging in playful banter during their adventures. ### [Auntie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_castle_se/characters/auntie) _social_ Auntie is a caretaker figure who interacts with Mabel as a responsible adult overseeing the children. ### [Lord Yalding](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_castle_se/characters/lord_yalding) _friendship_ Lord Yalding and Mabel share a friendly, almost paternal bond, with Mabel being a trusted confidante in the castle's magic. ### [Betty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_castle_se/characters/betty) _friendship_ Betty and Mabel are friends, with Betty often deferring to Mabel's knowledge of the enchanted castle. ### [Ugly-Wugly](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_castle_se/characters/ugly_wugly) _psychological_ Mabel is both creator and uneasy caretaker of the Ugly-Wugly, which becomes an unpredictable magical entity. ### [Gerald](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_castle_se/characters/gerald) _friendship_ Gerald and Mabel are close friends and co-adventurers, with Mabel often acting as a guide to the magical castle. ### [Gerald](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_castle_se/characters/gerald) _friendship_ Gerald and Mabel are close friends and co-adventurers, with Mabel often acting as a guide to the magical castle. ### [Kathleen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_castle_se/characters/kathleen) _friendship_ Kathleen and Mabel are close friends, with Kathleen often looking up to Mabel's knowledge of the enchanted castle. ### [Jimmy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_castle_se/characters/jimmy) _friendship_ Jimmy and Mabel are friends and fellow explorers, often engaging in playful banter during their adventures. ### [Lord Yalding](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_castle_se/characters/lord_yalding) _friendship_ Lord Yalding and Mabel share a friendly, almost paternal bond, with Mabel being a trusted confidante in the castle's magic. ## In the story ### [The Princess's Magic](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_castle_se/chapters/ii) Referred to as the Princess; reveals she was playing pretend but becomes truly invisible and cannot remove the ring. ### [The Invisible Companion and the Conjuring Scheme](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_castle_se/chapters/iii) Remains invisible throughout the chapter, writes a deceptive note to her aunt, and proposes the conjuring scheme to earn money. ### [The Invisible Detective](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_castle_se/chapters/iv) Now visible and anxious about returning to her aunt; returns home to a surprisingly emotional reunion. ### [The Invisible Eliza](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_castle_se/chapters/v) Comforts Eliza and explains the invisibility as a temporary condition, like measles. ### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_castle_se/chapters/vi) Reveals the secret of the treasure room and comforts Gerald about his actions. ### [The Stranger's Promise](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_castle_se/chapters/vii) Mabel is frightened but brave, clinging to the stranger and later walking with the Ugly-Wuglies despite her terror. ### [The Ring's Perilous Power](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_castle_se/chapters/viii) Tends to the unconscious bailiff, placing his head in her lap, then runs to the castle for smelling salts. ### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_castle_se/chapters/ix) Accidentally grows to four yards high after declaring the ring makes the wearer that height; hides in the yew-hedge and participates in the picnic. ### [The Feast of the Immortals](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_castle_se/chapters/x) Hesitates but eventually wishes to become a marble statue until dawn; shows a sense of beauty by removing shoes and stockings first. ### [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_castle_se/chapters/xi) Mabel reveals she knew Lord Yalding's identity and tells stories to the goat-faced stranger, who praises her literary talent. ### [The Hall of Granted Wishes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_castle_se/chapters/xii) Mabel is frustrated when the secret spring to the jewels fails to work initially, but later finds it when the ring is present. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_castle_se/characters/mabel_prowse - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_castle_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_castle_se/characters