Parisians in the Country · Character
Monsieur de Clagny
The worthy magistrate of Sancerre, devoted to Dinah with a lawyer's patience and a provincial's unspoken ache.
supporting
Also known as Clagny, de Clagny, Monsieur le Baron de Clagny, Worthy Monsieur de Clagny
First appearance: story ii the muse of the department
As a supporting figure in Parisians in the Country, Monsieur de Clagny is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Referenced in an endnote explaining a pun on his speech about 'the dead' and the letter R.
Monsieur de Clagny is the legal mind of the neighborhood, a man whose profession teaches him to weigh evidence and whose heart refuses to weigh Dinah fairly. He adores her with a discretion that costs him, and his presence in her circle gives the provincial salon its gravity. He matters as the counterweight to Lousteau: where the Parisian offers wit, Clagny offers loyalty, and neither is quite enough.
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- Extended cast of provincial and Parisian society
- Protagonist
- Parisian visitors and locals
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See Monsieur de Clagny in story ii the muse of the department