# Mr. Dangerfield — Beauvallet character guide

> Mr. Dangerfield in Beauvallet by Georgette Heyer.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Dangerfield, Master Dangerfield, young Dangerfield, young Master Dangerfield

**First appearance:** 0004-iii

## Snapshot

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

## Who they are

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.

## Relationships

### [Joshua Dimmock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beauvallet_se/characters/joshua_dimmock)

_friendship_

Fellow crew members and comrades, sharing a bond of loyalty and service under Sir Nicholas.

### [Joshua Dimmock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beauvallet_se/characters/joshua_dimmock)

_friendship_

Fellow crew members and comrades, sharing a bond of loyalty and service under Sir Nicholas.

### [Joshua Dimmock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beauvallet_se/characters/joshua_dimmock)

_friendship_

Fellow crew members and comrades, sharing a bond of loyalty and service under Sir Nicholas.

## In the story

### [Beauvallet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beauvallet_se/chapters/beauvallet)

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

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beauvallet_se/chapters/i)

Beauvallet's lieutenant, he escorts Don Manuel and Dominica to their quarters aboard the Venture.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beauvallet_se/chapters/ii)

The young Englishman who is the object of Dominica's flirtation, shy and admiring.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beauvallet_se/chapters/iii)

Records the inventory of the Santa Maria's cargo on deck.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beauvallet_se/chapters/iv)

Becomes the object of Dominica's flirtation, defends Beauvallet's character, and retreats when Beauvallet approaches.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beauvallet_se/chapters/v)

Plays cards with Dominica and is called away by Beauvallet.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beauvallet_se/characters/mr_dangerfield
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- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beauvallet_se/characters