Beauvallet · Character

Mr. Dangerfield

Beauvallet's young English lieutenant, earnest and worshipful, unwittingly drafted into Dominica's campaign to make his captain jealous.

supporting

Also known as Dangerfield, Master Dangerfield, young Dangerfield, young Master Dangerfield

First appearance: III

As a supporting figure in Beauvallet, Mr. Dangerfield is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

An English passenger on the Santa Maria, whose flirtation with Dominica sparks Beauvallet's jealousy.

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Dangerfield serves aboard Beauvallet's ship as a conscientious young officer, the kind of lad who sets a lady on a pedestal and answers her questions about sailing with painful sincerity. Dominica seizes on him as a tool to provoke Beauvallet, but his guileless loyalty keeps upsetting her plans: pressed to agree that his captain is a bully, he instead protests that most men like Sir Nicholas because he is 'very much—a man.' His quiet, unshakeable faith in Beauvallet becomes the very testimony that undermines Dominica's scorn.

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Joshua Dimmock
friendship · positive
Fellow crew members and comrades, sharing a bond of loyalty and service under Sir… How this plays out →
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friendship · positive
Fellow crew members and comrades, sharing a bond of loyalty and service under Sir… How this plays out →
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friendship · positive
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Beauvallet
An English passenger on the Santa Maria, whose flirtation with Dominica sparks Beauvallet's jealousy.
I
Beauvallet's lieutenant, he escorts Don Manuel and Dominica to their quarters aboard the Venture.
II
The young Englishman who is the object of Dominica's flirtation, shy and admiring.
III
Records the inventory of the Santa Maria's cargo on deck.
IV
Becomes the object of Dominica's flirtation, defends Beauvallet's character, and retreats when Beauvallet approaches.
V
Plays cards with Dominica and is called away by Beauvallet.

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