# Paul Friche — Lord Tony’s Wife character guide > Paul Friche in Lord Tony’s Wife by Baroness Orczy. **Role:** supporting **Also known as:** Friche, citizen Friche, Corporal Friche **First appearance:** 0059-i-the-tiger-s-lair ## Who they are A brutish soldier and informer in Carrier's service, eager to profit from the misery of those caught in the Revolution's grip. ## Relationships ### [Citizen Chauvelin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/characters/citizen_chauvelin) _professional_ Chauvelin employs Friche as a low-level spy and henchman in his intelligence network. ### [Fleury](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/characters/fleury) _professional_ Fleury and Friche are fellow spies and underlings in Chauvelin's revolutionary network. ### [Fleury](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/characters/fleury) _professional_ Fleury and Friche are fellow spies and underlings in Chauvelin's revolutionary network. ### [Citizen Chauvelin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/characters/citizen_chauvelin) _professional_ Chauvelin employs Friche as a low-level spy and henchman in his intelligence network. ### [Citizen Chauvelin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/characters/citizen_chauvelin) _professional_ Chauvelin employs Friche as a low-level spy and henchman in his intelligence network. ### [Fleury](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/characters/fleury) _professional_ Fleury and Friche are fellow spies and underlings in Chauvelin's revolutionary network. ## In the story ### [The Moor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/i-the-moor) The local Westcountryman guide, poorly dressed and unskilled on horseback, leads the way to the Bottom Inn. ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/i) The Westcountry guide, poorly dressed and unaccustomed to riding, leads the way through the fog and mud. ### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/iv) The loutish man accompanying the stranger, who struggles with the horses and speaks in a rustic dialect. ### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/vii) The guide from Chelwood who fails to secure the horses and later abandons Martin-Roget. ### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/iv) Corporal in the Company Marat; reports seeing two finely dressed strangers and is spurred to action by the promise of a reward. ### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/v) Reports losing the strangers at the quay and hands over a packet of papers he picked up, but protests Chauvelin taking it. ### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/iii) A Marat chosen by Chauvelin to start a brawl at the Rat Mort to draw out the English. ### [The Rat Mort](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/vi-the-rat-mort) Inside the Rat Mort, he is tasked with stirring up the crowd to create a diversion for the raid. ### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/v) Inside the Rat Mort, tasked with stirring up the crowd to create a diversion. ### [VII: The Fracas in the Tavern](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/vii-the-fracas-in-the-tavern) Incites the crowd against Yvonne and the duc, shouting that they are escaping and worth fifty francs. ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/i) A coarse giant who intervenes to prevent Yvonne's expulsion, suggesting she be allowed to stay and pay with her belongings. ### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/iii) Defends himself against accusations of being a spy, using pewter mugs and bottles as weapons while kicking assailants with his sabots. ### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/iv) Shouts to expose the aristos, triggering their capture by the Lemoines. ### [VIII: The English Adventurers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/viii-the-english-adventurers) Plans to climb the house to catch the English, boasts of his steeplejack skills. ### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/iii) Involved in the plot, reports on the situation inside the tavern. ### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/iv) Former steeplejack who climbs the house to search for the Englishmen. ### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/v) Mentioned as the real corporal who was taken to the infirmary with a cracked skull. ### [IX: The Proconsul](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/ix-the-proconsul) Mentioned as having been taken to the infirmary with a cracked skull; an imposter took his place in the tavern. ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/i) Mentioned as the real Paul Friche who was taken to the infirmary with a cracked skull, impersonated by the English spy. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/characters/paul_friche - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/characters