# Count Oscar de Bennetot — Memoirs of Arsène Lupin character guide

> Count Oscar de Bennetot in Memoirs of Arsène Lupin by Maurice Leblanc.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Oscar de Bennetot, Bennetot

**First appearance:** 0001-memoirs-of-ars-ne-lupin

## Snapshot

A nobleman woven into the clandestine comings and goings at La Haie d'Etigues, whose loyalties shift with the same ease as the carriages slipping out at three in the morning.

## Who they are

Count Oscar de Bennetot belongs to the tight circle of Norman gentry whose nighttime movements Ralph d'Andresy watches from the shadows of the estate wall. He is entangled in the conspiracy that the Baron's hidden letter only half reveals, a world of staged shooting parties and coded telegrams. Whether he is architect or instrument of the scheme, his presence thickens the atmosphere of suspicion that greets every outsider at the château.

## Relationships

### [Baron Godfrey d'Etigues](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/characters/baron_godfrey_d_etigues)

_social_

Baron Godfrey and Count Oscar are social acquaintances, likely moving in the same aristocratic circles.

### [Ralph d'Andresy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/characters/ralph_d_andresy)

_rivalry_

Count Oscar is a rival to Ralph, often opposing him in matters of honor or intrigue.

### [Baron Godfrey d'Etigues](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/characters/baron_godfrey_d_etigues)

_social_

Baron Godfrey and Count Oscar are social acquaintances, likely moving in the same aristocratic circles.

### [Baron Godfrey d'Etigues](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/characters/baron_godfrey_d_etigues)

_social_

Baron Godfrey and Count Oscar are social acquaintances, likely moving in the same aristocratic circles.

### [Ralph d'Andresy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/characters/ralph_d_andresy)

_rivalry_

Count Oscar is a rival to Ralph, often opposing him in matters of honor or intrigue.

### [Ralph d'Andresy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/characters/ralph_d_andresy)

_rivalry_

Count Oscar is a rival to Ralph, often opposing him in matters of honor or intrigue.

## In the story

### [I: Arsène Lupin at Twenty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/chapters/i-ars-ne-lupin-at-twenty)

A conspirator present at the meeting.

### [III: A Tribunal of the Inquisition](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/chapters/iii-a-tribunal-of-the-inquisition)

Guards Josephine with a revolver and helps carry the stretcher for her execution.

### [The Sinking Boat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/chapters/iv-the-sinking-boat)

Reluctant accomplice in the drowning plot, expresses fear and suspicion of Beaumagnan's motives.

### [VII: The Delights of Capua](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/chapters/vii-the-delights-of-capua)

Accompanies Beaumagnan to the theater.

### [IX: The Tarpeian Rock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/chapters/ix-the-tarpeian-rock)

One of the three confederates; he is present during Ralph's accusation and appears paralyzed by the charge.

### [Madness and Genius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/chapters/xii-madness-and-genius)

Named as the other murderer alongside Baron d'Etigues in the killing of Jaubert.

### [Epilogue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/chapters/epilogue)

Perishes with Baron d'Etigues in a suspicious boating incident.

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