# Mrs. Arabin — The Last Chronicle of Barset character guide

> Mrs. Arabin in The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Arabin, the Arabin, Light of Heart Mrs. Arabin

**First appearance:** 0069-lxx-mrs-arabin-is-caught

## Snapshot

The Dean of Barchester's wife, newly returned from Italy, who takes up John Eames's cause with Lily Dale and befriends the disgraced Grace Crawley.

## Who they are

Mrs. Arabin moves through Barsetshire drawing rooms with a quiet purpose that belies her easy manners, seeking out Lily Dale at Chaldicotes to plead the case of the devoted Johnny Eames. She is a woman who repays her debts in kindness, having given Crawley the cheque that now threatens to destroy him, and who understands that a good name can be restored by those willing to vouch for it. Her willingness to champion both a lovesick clerk and a clergyman's accused daughter makes her the novel's quiet engine of reconciliation.

## In the story

### [LXX: Mrs. Arabin Is Caught](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_last_chronicle_of_barset_se/chapters/lxx-mrs-arabin-is-caught)

Reveals she gave Mr. Crawley the cheque; explains its origin from rent paid by Daniel Stringer; travels back to England with Eames.

### [Mr. Toogood at Silverbridge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_last_chronicle_of_barset_se/chapters/lxxi-mr-toogood-at-silverbridge)

Sent the telegram from Venice confessing she gave the cheque to Mr. Crawley.

### [LXXIV: The Crawleys Are Informed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_last_chronicle_of_barset_se/chapters/lxxiv-the-crawleys-are-informed)

Revealed to have slipped the cheque into the envelope with the notes, unknowingly causing Mr. Crawley's troubles.

### [I Think He Is Light of Heart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_last_chronicle_of_barset_se/chapters/lxxvi-i-think-he-is-light-of-heart)

Gives deposition about the cheque; receives news of Mr. Harding's decline; visits Lily Dale to advocate for John Eames.

### [The Shattered Tree](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_last_chronicle_of_barset_se/chapters/lxxvii-the-shattered-tree)

Advises John Eames that Lily doubts his earnestness and arranges his final meeting with Lily.

### [Barchester Cloisters](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_last_chronicle_of_barset_se/chapters/lxxxi-barchester-cloisters)

Attends her father in his final hours and grieves deeply after his death.

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