# Count de Polán — Gil Blas character guide

> Count de Polán in Gil Blas by Alain-René Lesage.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** The Count de Polán

**First appearance:** 0043-xii

## Who they are

A nobleman who becomes a patron of Gil Blas.

## In the story

### [The History of Don Alphonso and the Fair Seraphina](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/x)

Seraphina's father, who writes a letter announcing Don Gaspard's death and vowing to hunt down the murderer.

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

Rescued from the bandits along with his daughter; expresses gratitude and invites the rescuers to Toledo.

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

Recognizes Gil Blas as his deliverer, offers to make his fortune, and gives Seraphina to Don Alphonso in marriage.

### [A Thunderbolt to Gil Blas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/xi)

Gil Blas intends to seek refuge with him but finds him absent due to Seraphina's illness.

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