# Elizabeth — The Man Within character guide

> Elizabeth in The Man Within by Graham Greene.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Miss Elizabeth

**First appearance:** 0002-the-man-within

## Who they are

A resolute, matter-of-fact young woman in a lonely cottage who shelters a hunted man and quietly demands he stop lying to himself.

## Relationships

### [Francis Andrews](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_within_se/characters/francis_andrews)

_romantic_

Elizabeth and Francis share a deep, intense romantic bond, marked by passion and emotional dependence.

### [Sir Henry Merriman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_within_se/characters/sir_henry_merriman)

_rivalry_

Elizabeth and Sir Henry are adversaries, with Sir Henry representing a threat to her and Francis.

### [Mr. Jennings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_within_se/characters/mr_jennings)

_social_

Elizabeth and Mr. Jennings have a passing acquaintance, likely through the smuggling community.

### [Mr. Farne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_within_se/characters/mr_farne)

_social_

Elizabeth knows Mr. Farne as an associate of Francis, but their relationship is distant.

### [Francis Andrews](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_within_se/characters/francis_andrews)

_romantic_

Elizabeth and Francis share a deep, intense romantic bond, marked by passion and emotional dependence.

### [Francis Andrews](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_within_se/characters/francis_andrews)

_romantic_

Elizabeth and Francis share a deep, intense romantic bond, marked by passion and emotional dependence.

### [Sir Henry Merriman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_within_se/characters/sir_henry_merriman)

_rivalry_

Elizabeth and Sir Henry are adversaries, with Sir Henry representing a threat to her and Francis.

### [Mr. Jennings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_within_se/characters/mr_jennings)

_social_

Elizabeth and Mr. Jennings have a passing acquaintance, likely through the smuggling community.

### [Mr. Farne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_within_se/characters/mr_farne)

_social_

Elizabeth knows Mr. Farne as an associate of Francis, but their relationship is distant.

### [Sir Henry Merriman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_within_se/characters/sir_henry_merriman)

_rivalry_

Elizabeth and Sir Henry are adversaries, with Sir Henry representing a threat to her and Francis.

### [Mr. Jennings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_within_se/characters/mr_jennings)

_social_

Elizabeth and Mr. Jennings have a passing acquaintance, likely through the smuggling community.

### [Mr. Farne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_within_se/characters/mr_farne)

_social_

Elizabeth knows Mr. Farne as an associate of Francis, but their relationship is distant.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_within_se/chapters/part-i-i)

The young woman at the cottage who confronts Andrews with an unloaded gun, showing no fear.

### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_within_se/chapters/part-i-ii)

Calmly tending to the dead man; admits her own fear of being alone; shows courage and compassion; invents a story to protect Andrews from Mrs. Butler.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_within_se/chapters/part-i-iii)

Shows cold neutrality and indifference; dismisses the mourners abruptly and disappears into the mist, leaving Andrews alone.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_within_se/chapters/part-i-iv)

Protects Andrews by lying to Carlyon about his whereabouts; shows courage and calmness, though she is still grieving the dead Mr. Jennings.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_within_se/chapters/part-i-v)

Listens to Andrews' confession and shares her own past: her mother sold the cottage to Mr. Jennings, a former Customs clerk who cheated his employers and later died.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_within_se/chapters/part-ii-vi)

Andrews thinks of her voice and face; he leaves his knife as a potential gift for her, but she is absent from the room.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_within_se/chapters/part-ii-ix)

Andrews' moral anchor; he addresses his thoughts to her and swears his love.

### [The Vigil of Love and Fear](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_within_se/chapters/part-iii-x)

Elizabeth displays fierce loyalty and courage, trying to reassure Andrews of his bravery. She is practical and commanding, yet vulnerable, and insists on going to the village alone to buy food.

### [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_within_se/chapters/part-iii-xi)

Elizabeth is found dead at the cottage, having taken her own life with Andrews's knife to protect him.

## Links

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