# Miss Abby — The Sword of Damocles character guide

> Miss Abby in The Sword of Damocles by Anna Katharine Green.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Old Miss Abby

**First appearance:** 0004-i-a-wanderer

## Who they are

An older woman, possibly a spinster or relative, with a minor role.

## In the story

### [IX: Paula](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sword_of_damocles_se/chapters/ix-paula)

Paula's other aunt, who is meek and timid. She leaves the room to fetch Paula and later adds a simple, practical compliment about Paula's domestic skills.

### [XII: Miss Belinda Makes Conditions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sword_of_damocles_se/chapters/xii-miss-belinda-makes-conditions)

Full of childish hopes about the outcome, secretly pleased with her own recommendations to Mr. Sylvester.

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