A Jewish woman traveling alongside Rob who shares literary and cultural interests with him. She contracts the plague, is nursed back to health by Rob, and they engage in a romantic relationship. She becomes pregnant, faces execution for adultery, but is rescued by Rob and eventually returns to London as his wife.
Barber trains young Rob in basic medieval practices, and Rob later marries Rebecca, creating an indirect professional lineage between them.
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