The Lifted Veil | Characters

Alfred
Latimer’s older brother Alfred is his opposite. Latimer describes him as ‘‘a handsome, self-confi- dent man of 6 and 20 a thorough contrast to my fragile, nervous, ineffectual self.’’ Alfred is their father’s favorite, as he embodies all that the father desires in a son. When Latimer is introduced to Bertha as a probable future wife to Alfred, his natural dislike of his brother turns to envious hatred. Right before he is to be married to Bertha, Alfred dies from falling off a horse, leaving Latimer free to marry Bertha.

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