# Lady Diana Wales — The Incredulity of Father Brown character guide

> Lady Diana Wales in The Incredulity of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Lady Diana

**First appearance:** 0006-the-miracle-of-moon-crescent

## Snapshot

A titled Englishwoman whose drawing-room is one of the fashionable circles where Father Brown's exploits are retold — and distorted — with breathless inaccuracy.

## Who they are

Lady Diana Wales moves in the clubs and drawing-rooms, especially in America, where the priest's detective adventures are narrated eagerly and inaccurately, becoming a nine days' wonder in the newspapers and weekly reviews. She belongs to the world that turns a quiet parish priest into a fashionable sensation, a world whose gossip Father Brown neither enjoys nor trusts. Her presence marks how far the little cleric's reputation has travelled from his obscure mission station, and how little that reputation has to do with the truth.

## In the story

### [The Curse of the Golden Cross](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_incredulity_of_father_brown_se/chapters/the-curse-of-the-golden-cross)

Fears the curse and believes it will claim them all; later shows curiosity about Father Brown's historical critique.

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