# Arlette — The Rover character guide > Arlette in The Rover by Joseph Conrad. **Role:** major **Also known as:** Directly Arlette, fatal Arlette, a distracted Arlette **First appearance:** 0003-i ## Snapshot A young woman of Escampobar whose dark beauty and haunted past mark her as half-crazed to some, but whose true self has returned hungry for love. ## Who they are Arlette drifts through Escampobar like a soul in pain, watched over by her stern Aunt Catherine and whispered about by neighbors who sense a strain of Saracen blood. For years she lived empty, her body cast off while her true self wandered in a mysterious exile; now she is hopeful and eager for love, though Catherine insists she is fit for no man's arms. Her trembling visions and sudden tendernesses unsettle everyone around her and draw Peyrol's protective heart. ## Relationships ### [Peyrol](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rover_se/characters/peyrol) _psychological_ A complex, obsessive bond where Peyrol is both haunted by Arlette's traumatic past and drawn to her as a symbol of redemption and vitality. ### [Lieutenant Réal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rover_se/characters/lieutenant_real) _romantic_ A growing, tender attraction between the traumatized Arlette and the disciplined Réal, offering her a path toward healing and love. ### [Aunt Catherine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rover_se/characters/aunt_catherine) _family_ A nurturing, protective relationship where Catherine serves as Arlette's guardian and emotional refuge from her violent past. ### [The Abbé](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rover_se/characters/the_abbe) _psychological_ A confessional, almost spiritual bond where the Abbé serves as Arlette's moral counselor, helping her process guilt and trauma. ### [Peyrol](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rover_se/characters/peyrol) _psychological_ A complex, obsessive bond where Peyrol is both haunted by Arlette's traumatic past and drawn to her as a symbol of redemption and vitality. ### [Peyrol](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rover_se/characters/peyrol) _psychological_ A complex, obsessive bond where Peyrol is both haunted by Arlette's traumatic past and drawn to her as a symbol of redemption and vitality. ### [The Abbé](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rover_se/characters/the_abbe) _psychological_ A confessional, almost spiritual bond where the Abbé serves as Arlette's moral counselor, helping her process guilt and trauma. ### [Aunt Catherine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rover_se/characters/aunt_catherine) _family_ A nurturing, protective relationship where Catherine serves as Arlette's guardian and emotional refuge from her violent past. ### [The Abbé](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rover_se/characters/the_abbe) _psychological_ A confessional, almost spiritual bond where the Abbé serves as Arlette's moral counselor, helping her process guilt and trauma. ### [Aunt Catherine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rover_se/characters/aunt_catherine) _family_ A nurturing, protective relationship where Catherine serves as Arlette's guardian and emotional refuge from her violent past. ### [Lieutenant Réal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rover_se/characters/lieutenant_real) _romantic_ A growing, tender attraction between the traumatized Arlette and the disciplined Réal, offering her a path toward healing and love. ## In the story ### [The Rover](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rover_se/chapters/the-rover) A woman with a troubled past, living at the farm. ### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rover_se/chapters/ii) Arlette asks Peyrol about carrying a woman's head on a pike and tells him he may stay, offering to tell him about the Revolution. ### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rover_se/chapters/iii) Meets Peyrol at the door, smiles at him, and watches him carry his cargo upstairs. ### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rover_se/chapters/iv) Returns from a nighttime walk, tells Peyrol she was driven out by 'my heart,' and shows a new, provocative demeanor. ### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rover_se/chapters/v) The woman seen by Bolt in the moonlight near the farmhouse. Her presence and actions are noted as mysterious and significant. ### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rover_se/chapters/vii) Seen sitting silently in the salle, gazing at Réal, her mysterious and distracted state noted by Peyrol. ### [The Watch on the Peninsula](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rover_se/chapters/x) Wanders restlessly, visits Catherine in the kitchen, and shows signs of inner turmoil. ### [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rover_se/chapters/xi) Arlette shows a new vitality and demands to know Réal's whereabouts, revealing her passionate feelings. ### [Chapter XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rover_se/chapters/xii) Mentioned as having been in Réal's room, which fuels Scevola's jealousy and suspicion. She is not directly present in this chapter. ### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rover_se/chapters/xiv) Object of Réal's obsession; her mysterious and passive nature haunts him. ### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rover_se/chapters/xv) Arlette wakes from a nightmare and rushes downstairs, distressed. Catherine tries to calm her. ### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rover_se/chapters/xvi) Present at Escampobar, sighs in memory of Peyrol, touched by Réal's words. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rover_se/characters/arlette - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rover_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rover_se/characters