Eveline

Frank was sort of a flat character. He was the one Eveline was supposed to leave with. When Eveline's father found out about Frank, he forbade her from seeing him calling him a "sailor chap" and also that he knows that kind of man. To me, Frank seems like a kind fellow who would have provided for Eveline and tried to make her happy. I don't think he would have succeeded to make her happy because she would always be thinking of home and the promise she made to her mother. If she would have left, I don't think she would ever be as happy if she left after fulfilling her promise.