# Patience Crabstick — The Eustace Diamonds character guide

> Patience Crabstick in The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Miss Patience Crabstick, Crabstick, Patience, Miss Crabstick

**First appearance:** 0048-xlix-bunfit-and-gager

## Who they are

Lizzie's maid, who becomes a key witness in the diamond theft case.

## In the story

### [XXI: “Ianthe’s Soul”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/chapters/xxi-ianthe-s-soul)

Lizzie's maid, who can do hair well but is not much closer to Lizzie than the footman.

### [A Midnight Adventure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/chapters/xliv-a-midnight-adventure)

Lizzie's maid, who is dismissed early and then descends to continue her evening amusements.

### [The Journey to London](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/chapters/xlv-the-journey-to-london)

Gives reticent evidence; delivers message to Lizzie about Frank's arrival.

### [Humpty Dumpty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/chapters/lvii-humpty-dumpty)

Gager believes she can reveal the secret of the diamonds' whereabouts; she has disappeared with Lizzie's money and trinkets.

### [The Fiddle with One String](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/chapters/lviii-the-fiddle-with-one-string)

Lizzie's former waiting-woman, hiding at the Ramsgate pub; she is persuaded by Gager to testify against the thieves and agrees to marry him.

### [Lizzie's Great Friend](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/chapters/lxi-lizzie-s-great-friend)

Has given herself up as Queen's evidence and is now in custody in Scotland Yard.

### [LXII: “You Know Where My Heart Is”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/chapters/lxii-you-know-where-my-heart-is)

Arrested by police and expected to turn against the thieves.

### [The Corsair Is Afraid](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/chapters/lxiii-the-corsair-is-afraid)

Referenced as the docile maid set to watch over Lizzie's belongings by Mr. Benjamin.

### [The Major](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/chapters/lxviii-the-major)

Mentioned as having confessed and agreed to testify against the thieves.

### [Lizzie at the Police-Court](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/chapters/lxxiv-lizzie-at-the-police-court)

Examined as a witness; described as obdurate and averse to incriminating herself.

### [The Trial](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/chapters/lxxviii-the-trial)

Testifies at the trial; later marries Mr. Gager.

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