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Mrs. Rubelle is a foreign spy and accomplice of Count Fosco. Disguised as a nurse for Marian, Mrs. Rubelle is brought to Blackwater Park in order to help Sir Percival Glyde and Count Fosco complete their plan to switch Laura’s identity with Anne Catherick’s and lock Laura in an asylum in order to steal her fortune. Mrs. Rubelle seems to be a self-absorbed and unscrupulous individual who helps the Count and Sir Percival for personal gain—they pay her for her service—without questioning the motives or morality of her actions.
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Mrs. Rubelle Character Timeline in The Woman in White
The timeline below shows where the character Mrs. Rubelle appears in The Woman in White. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
The Second Epoch: Part 3, Chapter 1
...Count Fosco took her to the station and returned the next day with the nurse, Mrs. Rubelle , a very quiet, foreign woman. Mrs. Michelson congratulates herself on her lack of prejudice...
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The Second Epoch: Part 3, Chapter 2
...restless and walked in the grounds to clear her head. She was shocked to see Mrs. Rubelle in the garden, as she believed that Mrs. Rubelle had gone to London with Marian....
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...Sir Percival told her that, if she did, Marian would be left all alone, as Mrs. Rubelle planned to leave that day. Mrs. Michelson went to Marian’s room and sent for Mr....
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The Third Epoch: Part 1, Chapter 2
...again. When she recovers, she tries to find out about Sir Percival, Count Fosco, and Mrs. Rubelle . She hires someone to spy on the Count’s house in London and on Mrs....
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...which Laura remembers clearly. She is adamant that she slept at Mrs. Vesey’s house with Mrs. Rubelle and then woke up the next day in the asylum. The nurses there showed her...
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The Third Epoch: Part 3, Chapter 7
...arrives to collect the letter from Pesca. His agent is Monsieur Rubelle, the husband of Mrs. Rubelle who the Count put in charge of Marian during her illness. Monsieur Rubelle returns with...
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The Third Epoch: Part 4, Chapter 1
...the pretense of going to fetch a nurse for Marian. This nurse was their accomplice, Mrs. Rubelle . He then went to see Mr. Fairlie and asked him to write to Marian,...
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