# Mme. la Comtesse de Plougastel — Scaramouche character guide

> Mme. la Comtesse de Plougastel in Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mme. de Plougastel, de Plougastel, Plougastel

**First appearance:** 0028-vi-madame-de-plougastel

## Who they are

A noblewoman whose kindness to André-Louis carries an unexplained weight of obligation, and whose past holds secrets she guards closely.

## In the story

### [Madame de Plougastel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scaramouche_se/chapters/vi-madame-de-plougastel)

Reunites with André-Louis after sixteen years, attempts to persuade him to serve the King, and acts as a mediator between him and M. de Kercadiou.

### [XI: The Returning Carriage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scaramouche_se/chapters/xi-the-returning-carriage)

Arrives at André-Louis's house too late to stop him, desperate to prevent the duel.

### [XII: Inferences](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scaramouche_se/chapters/xii-inferences)

Present at the duel scene; attempts to call out upon seeing the Marquis return wounded.

### [XIII: Towards the Climax](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scaramouche_se/chapters/xiii-towards-the-climax)

Seen with Aline in a box at the theatre.

### [XIV: The Overwhelming Reason](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scaramouche_se/chapters/xiv-the-overwhelming-reason)

Revealed to be André-Louis's mother; her rescue is urgently sought by M. de Kercadiou.

### [XV: Sanctuary](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scaramouche_se/chapters/xv-sanctuary)

Provides sanctuary to the Marquis de La Tour d'Azyr and later receives André-Louis Moreau in disguise.

### [The Barrier](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scaramouche_se/chapters/xvi-the-barrier)

Desperately intervenes to prevent violence, revealing the Marquis is André-Louis's father.

### [Safe-Conduct](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scaramouche_se/chapters/xvii-safe-conduct)

Mother of André-Louis; reveals the secret of his parentage to prevent further bloodshed; emotionally distraught.

### [Sunrise](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scaramouche_se/chapters/xviii-sunrise)

Mentioned as part of the party preparing to depart for Koblenz.

## Links

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