# Suke Damson — The Woodlanders character guide

> Suke Damson in The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Suke, poor Suke Damson

**First appearance:** 0009-x

## Snapshot

A well-made village girl engaged to simple Tim Tangs, whose early-morning errand from the doctor's porch sets Grace's suspicions burning before the wedding bells ring.

## Who they are

She is the affianced sweetheart of young Tim Tangs, and her easy familiarity with Fitzpiers makes her the first visible evidence of the doctor's careless appetites. Grace watches her slip down the garden path in a shawl, recognizes the sleeve at the door, and feels her own engagement turn to ash in a single glance. Suke's presence turns private jealousy into public knowledge, and her eventual marriage to Tim keeps the scandal alive in Hintock's memory.

## Relationships

### [Timothy Tangs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_woodlanders_se/characters/timothy_tangs)

_romantic_

Suke Damson and Timothy Tangs have a flirtatious, possibly secret romantic involvement in the village.

### [Grace Melbury](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_woodlanders_se/characters/grace_melbury)

_social_

Grace and Suke are village women who know each other socially, with some underlying rivalry over men.

### [Timothy Tangs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_woodlanders_se/characters/timothy_tangs)

_romantic_

Suke Damson and Timothy Tangs have a flirtatious, possibly secret romantic involvement in the village.

### [Timothy Tangs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_woodlanders_se/characters/timothy_tangs)

_romantic_

Suke Damson and Timothy Tangs have a flirtatious, possibly secret romantic involvement in the village.

### [Grace Melbury](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_woodlanders_se/characters/grace_melbury)

_social_

Grace and Suke are village women who know each other socially, with some underlying rivalry over men.

### [Grace Melbury](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_woodlanders_se/characters/grace_melbury)

_social_

Grace and Suke are village women who know each other socially, with some underlying rivalry over men.

## In the story

### [XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_woodlanders_se/chapters/xx)

Mistakes Fitzpiers for her lover Timothy Tangs and leads him on a chase through the woods and into a meadow.

### [XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_woodlanders_se/chapters/xxix)

Suke is seen gathering nuts with Tim Tangs. She shows Grace her perfect teeth, disproving Fitzpiers's story about drawing her tooth.

### [XXXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_woodlanders_se/chapters/xxxv)

Arrives at the Melbury home in distress, fearing Fitzpiers is dead or dying, and is confronted by Grace.

### [XXXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_woodlanders_se/chapters/xxxvi)

Imitates Felice by leaving Melbury's house via the back stairs and going home.

### [XLV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_woodlanders_se/chapters/xlv)

Seen as a bride on her wedding day to Tim Tangs, encountered by Fitzpiers on the hill.

### [XLVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_woodlanders_se/chapters/xlvi)

Restless on the eve of emigration, secretly watches for Fitzpiers to take a silent farewell.

## Links

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