# Sir Arthur Lee — Mauprat character guide

> Sir Arthur Lee in Mauprat by George Sand.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Arthur

**First appearance:** 0006-iii

## Who they are

An American doctor with Enlightenment ideals and an easy laugh, whose rational friendship steadies Bernard through the darkest hours of his trial.

## Relationships

### [Edmée de Mauprat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mauprat_se/characters/edmee_de_mauprat)

_friendship_

Sir Arthur Lee is a kind American friend who supports Edmée and helps protect her from danger.

### [Edmée de Mauprat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mauprat_se/characters/edmee_de_mauprat)

_friendship_

Sir Arthur Lee is a kind American friend who supports Edmée and helps protect her from danger.

### [Edmée de Mauprat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mauprat_se/characters/edmee_de_mauprat)

_friendship_

Sir Arthur Lee is a kind American friend who supports Edmée and helps protect her from danger.

## In the story

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mauprat_se/chapters/xiii)

Mentioned as having honored Bernard with kindness and advice, contributing to Bernard's pretensions to 'American' sublimity.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mauprat_se/chapters/xiv)

Bernard's friend and confidant in America; offers wisdom on love and reassures Bernard of Edmée's affection.

### [Chapter XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mauprat_se/chapters/xv)

Bernard's close friend in America; they separate when Bernard joins the French army.

### [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mauprat_se/chapters/xxvi)

Arthur, Bernard's friend and brother in arms, arrives to offer help and consolation, and later provides detailed news about Edmée's condition.

### [Chapter XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mauprat_se/chapters/xxvii)

Leads Edmée into court, requests medical examination and her recall to testify.

### [The Return to Sainte-Severe and the Moral of the Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mauprat_se/chapters/xxx)

Attends the wedding and later returns to Philadelphia; Bernard visits him after being widowed.

## Links

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