Elise (The Affair of the Pink Pearl)

In the short story The Affair of the Pink Pearl, Elise is the French maid of Lady Laura Barton. While her mistress and she are staying as guests of the Kingston Bruces, a valuable pink pearl belonging to another house guest, Mrs Hamilton Betts goes missing. Her host calls in The International Detective Agency.

Questioned by Tuppence, Elise reveals that her mistress is rather impoverished. As such, Lady Barton relies on the snob value of her title and is always staying as a guest of people "to whom a title still means something". Elise also relates that last year, while staying with the Kingston Bruces, Lady Barton had gone out to tea with some friends and when she returned, a teaspoon fell out of her muff. It seemed Lady Barton is somewhat of a kleptomaniac. Five distinct thefts had taken place while she had been staying at various houses. Sometimes the items stolen were trivial but at other times they had been valuable.

Elise is described as a slim dark girl.

Portrayals
In LWT's 1983 TV adaptation of The Affair of the Pink Pearl, Elise is portrayed by Ursula Mohan. The portrayal is fairly faithful to that in the original.