Paul Friche

Citizen Chauvelin

Chauvelin employs Friche as a low-level spy and henchman in his intelligence network.

Fleury

Fleury and Friche are fellow spies and underlings in Chauvelin's revolutionary network.

Fleury

Fleury and Friche are fellow spies and underlings in Chauvelin's revolutionary network.

Citizen Chauvelin

Chauvelin employs Friche as a low-level spy and henchman in his intelligence network.

Citizen Chauvelin

Chauvelin employs Friche as a low-level spy and henchman in his intelligence network.

Fleury

Fleury and Friche are fellow spies and underlings in Chauvelin's revolutionary network.

The Moor

The local Westcountryman guide, poorly dressed and unskilled on horseback, leads the way to the Bottom Inn.

I

The Westcountry guide, poorly dressed and unaccustomed to riding, leads the way through the fog and mud.

IV

The loutish man accompanying the stranger, who struggles with the horses and speaks in a rustic dialect.

VII

The guide from Chelwood who fails to secure the horses and later abandons Martin-Roget.

IV

Corporal in the Company Marat; reports seeing two finely dressed strangers and is spurred to action by the promise of a reward.

V

Reports losing the strangers at the quay and hands over a packet of papers he picked up, but protests Chauvelin taking it.

III

A Marat chosen by Chauvelin to start a brawl at the Rat Mort to draw out the English.

The Rat Mort

Inside the Rat Mort, he is tasked with stirring up the crowd to create a diversion for the raid.

V

Inside the Rat Mort, tasked with stirring up the crowd to create a diversion.

VII: The Fracas in the Tavern

Incites the crowd against Yvonne and the duc, shouting that they are escaping and worth fifty francs.

I

A coarse giant who intervenes to prevent Yvonne's expulsion, suggesting she be allowed to stay and pay with her belongings.

II

Paul Friche is a giant among the crowd who warns of a trap by the Committee of Public Safety and denounces two men as Marats, causing a stir in the tavern.

III

Defends himself against accusations of being a spy, using pewter mugs and bottles as weapons while kicking assailants with his sabots.

IV

Shouts to expose the aristos, triggering their capture by the Lemoines.

VIII: The English Adventurers

Plans to climb the house to catch the English, boasts of his steeplejack skills.

III

Involved in the plot, reports on the situation inside the tavern.

IV

Former steeplejack who climbs the house to search for the Englishmen.

V

Mentioned as the real corporal who was taken to the infirmary with a cracked skull.

IX: The Proconsul

Mentioned as having been taken to the infirmary with a cracked skull; an imposter took his place in the tavern.

I

Mentioned as the real Paul Friche who was taken to the infirmary with a cracked skull, impersonated by the English spy.