# The Law and the Lady — Character guide

> Key figures in The Law and the Lady by Wilkie Collins.

- [Valeria](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_law_and_the_lady_se/characters/valeria.md): The determined narrator and protagonist who investigates her husband's past.
- [Eustace Macallan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_law_and_the_lady_se/characters/eustace_macallan.md): Valeria's husband, accused of poisoning his first wife.
- [Miserrimus Dexter](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_law_and_the_lady_se/characters/miserrimus_dexter.md): A brilliant, eccentric cripple with a dark secret about the poisoning.
- [Major Fitz-David](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_law_and_the_lady_se/characters/major_fitz_david.md): Valeria's witty and loyal friend who helps her investigations.
- [Mr. Playmore](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_law_and_the_lady_se/characters/mr_playmore.md): The family lawyer who assists Valeria with the case.
- [Mrs. Macallan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_law_and_the_lady_se/characters/mrs_macallan_elder.md): Eustace's mother, a formidable woman who opposes Valeria.
- [Mrs. Beauly](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_law_and_the_lady_se/characters/mrs_beauly.md): A beautiful woman suspected of poisoning Eustace's first wife.
- [Benjamin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_law_and_the_lady_se/characters/benjamin.md): Valeria's elderly, devoted father who supports her marriage.
- [Ariel](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_law_and_the_lady_se/characters/ariel.md): Miserrimus Dexter's devoted and mysterious female attendant.
- [Mr. Dexter](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_law_and_the_lady_se/characters/mr_dexter.md): Miserrimus Dexter's more conventional brother.
- [Lady Clarinda](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_law_and_the_lady_se/characters/lady_clarinda.md): A noblewoman who befriends Valeria during her investigations.
- [Mr. Woodville](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_law_and_the_lady_se/characters/mr_woodville.md): Eustace's alias used during his courtship of Valeria.
- [Doctor Starkweather](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_law_and_the_lady_se/characters/doctor_starkweather.md): The clergyman who marries Valeria and Eustace.
- [Sarah](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_law_and_the_lady_se/characters/sarah.md): Eustace's first wife who died under suspicious circumstances.
- [Mr. Gale](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_law_and_the_lady_se/characters/mr_gale.md): A friend of the Macallan family who testifies at the trial.
- [Christina Ormsay](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_law_and_the_lady_se/characters/christina_ormsay.md): A witness connected to the poisoning case.
- [Cunegonda](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_law_and_the_lady_se/characters/cunegonda.md): Mrs. Macallan's foreign maid with a mysterious past.
- [Phoebe](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_law_and_the_lady_se/characters/phoebe.md): A servant at Gleninch who provides key information.
- [Mirliflore](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_law_and_the_lady_se/characters/mirliflore.md): A Frenchwoman involved in the Beauly affair.
- [Doctor Jerome](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_law_and_the_lady_se/characters/doctor_jerome.md): A medical expert who testifies at the trial.
- [Miss Hoighty](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_law_and_the_lady_se/characters/miss_hoighty.md): A gossipy acquaintance of the Macallan family.
- [Angelica](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_law_and_the_lady_se/characters/angelica.md): A character in a story told by Miserrimus Dexter.
- [Lord Advocate](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_law_and_the_lady_se/characters/lord_advocate.md): The prosecutor in Eustace Macallan's trial.
- [Lady Brydehaven](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_law_and_the_lady_se/characters/lady_brydehaven.md): A society figure mentioned in connection with Mrs. Beauly.
- [Mr. Drew](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_law_and_the_lady_se/characters/mr_drew.md): A lawyer who assists Valeria with legal matters.
- [Robert Lorrie](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_law_and_the_lady_se/characters/robert_lorrie.md): A witness who provides evidence about the poisoning.

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