Lady Margaret of Belrémy

Simon the Coldheart

Margaret and Simon share a deep, passionate love fraught with obstacles and intense emotional conflict.

Jeanne de Faucourt

Jeanne is Margaret's close confidante and lady-in-waiting, offering support and companionship.

Fulk of Montlice

Fulk respects Margaret and acts as a protective intermediary between her and Simon.

Geoffrey of Malvallet

Geoffrey is a courteous and supportive friend to Margaret, often aiding her in matters of the heart.

Raoul the Terrible

Raoul is a menacing antagonist who threatens Margaret and is a source of conflict and danger in her life.

Madame la Comtesse

Madame la Comtesse is Margaret's mother, who is concerned with her daughter's welfare and social standing.

Simon the Coldheart

Margaret and Simon share a deep, passionate love fraught with obstacles and intense emotional conflict.

Simon the Coldheart

Margaret and Simon share a deep, passionate love fraught with obstacles and intense emotional conflict.

Jeanne de Faucourt

Jeanne is Margaret's close confidante and lady-in-waiting, offering support and companionship.

Geoffrey of Malvallet

Geoffrey is a courteous and supportive friend to Margaret, often aiding her in matters of the heart.

Fulk of Montlice

Fulk respects Margaret and acts as a protective intermediary between her and Simon.

Fulk of Montlice

Fulk respects Margaret and acts as a protective intermediary between her and Simon.

Simon the Coldheart Part I

First seen by Simon; she becomes his adversary and later object of his pursuit.

II: How He Encamped Before Belrémy

Returns a defiant answer to Simon's summons, vowing he shall enter over her dead body.

IV: How He Saw the Lady Margaret

Refuses Simon's demands, breaks truce, defies Simon, is seized and taken hostage.

V: How He Brought the Lady Margaret to the Justice-House

Brought as a hostage, she defiantly refuses to swear allegiance and threatens vengeance.

How the Lady Margaret Could Not Stab Him

Attempts to stab Simon but cannot bring herself to do it; later weeps and vows revenge.

VIII: How the Lady Margaret Plotted

Plots her escape from the castle, using her page's pass and disguise to seek aid from Fernand de Turincel.

IX: How the Lady Margaret Escaped

Disguised as a pageboy named Léon Margrute, she leads the escape with boldness and resourcefulness.

X: How the Lady Margaret Came to Turincel

Disguised as a boy, she travels to Turincel seeking aid, but learns Fernand has submitted to King Henry. Determined to continue the fight, she resolves to go to Vazincourt.

XI: How the Lady Margaret Fell Into the Hands of Raoul the Terrible

Captured by Raoul the Terrible; shows courage and protectiveness toward Jeanne, though inwardly fearful.

XII: How Simon Set Forth in Pursuit

Escapes Belrémy disguised as a page, travels with Jeanne and Ranaud, and is captured by Raoul.

XIII: How He Found the Lady Margaret

Rescued from Raoul, wounded in the arm, falls asleep in Simon's arms, and is carried into Belrémy castle.

XIV: How He Received the Lady Margaret’s Submission

Makes her submission to Simon, signs the parchment, but is torn between hate and love.

XV: How He Came Upon the Lady Margaret in the Gallery

Engages in a heated exchange with Simon, asserting her hatred and refusing his advances. Later listens to Fulk's tales of Simon, struggling with her emotions.

XVI: How He Walked Alone in the Garden

Watches Simon from an arbour, struggles with conflicting emotions, and warns him of an assassin.

XVII: How He Left Belrémy, and How the Lady Margaret Dealt with Her Cousin

Grieves Simon's departure, then confronts and banishes her cousin the Chevalier for the assassination plot.

How He Came to Bayeux, to the King

Subject of Simon's love; described as a tigress and an Amazon. Her relationship with Simon is characterized by daggers and pride.

XIX: How They Fared at Belrémy During His Absence

Walks alone on the terrace, missing Simon; admits to Fulk that she knows her own heart.

XX: How He Was Sent for by the King

Margaret is the lady Simon is commanded to marry. Simon defends her as a brave lady, not a tigress, and notes her wilful and fierce nature.

XXI: How He Came to His Own

Waits anxiously for Simon's return, then willingly surrenders to him, confessing her love and abandoning her vengeance.