# Adèle — Sir Percy Hits Back character guide

> Adèle in Sir Percy Hits Back by Baroness Orczy.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Adèle, that wretch Adèle

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Snapshot

A woman whose name is spoken like a curse in Fleurette's prison, she is the wickedness that must be endured in silence and faith.

## Who they are

Adèle exists in the story as a threat and a test — the woman Fleurette is warned against, whose malice must be met with silence and obedience rather than resistance. She embodies the petty cruelty of the prison world, the daily danger that Bibi's letter arms Fleurette to face without fear. Her menace sharpens the tension of Fleurette's confinement and makes the smuggled correspondence feel like a lifeline.

## Relationships

### [Fleurette](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/characters/fleurette)

_friendship_

Adèle is a close friend and confidante to Fleurette, offering companionship and support.

### [Citizen Chauvelin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/characters/citizen_chauvelin)

_rivalry_

Adèle distrusts and opposes Chauvelin, seeing him as a threat to Fleurette.

### [Fleurette](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/characters/fleurette)

_friendship_

Adèle is a close friend and confidante to Fleurette, offering companionship and support.

### [Citizen Chauvelin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/characters/citizen_chauvelin)

_rivalry_

Adèle distrusts and opposes Chauvelin, seeing him as a threat to Fleurette.

### [Fleurette](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/characters/fleurette)

_friendship_

Adèle is a close friend and confidante to Fleurette, offering companionship and support.

## In the story

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/chapters/iv)

The village girl who helps with housework; described as furtive and rat-like; overhears the conversation.

### [Parting is not such sweet sorrow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/chapters/v)

Adèle silently obeys Fleurette's request to fetch bread for the soldiers, then appears with her shawl and bread.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/chapters/ix)

Adèle encounters Fleurette at the cottage, observes her hidden valuables with a furtive smile, and agrees to deliver a message to Amédé.

### [The Secret Trust](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/chapters/x)

Sent by Fleurette to fetch Amédé; is a part confidant but knows little of the secret.

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

Brings news of Amédé's arrest and the arrival of new soldiers; shows reticence and a hint of hostility toward Fleurette.

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

Mentioned as having been stopped from telling Fleurette the full story; noted for familiarity with soldiers.

### [Chapter XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/chapters/xxi)

Testifies against Fleurette, revealing her spying and betrayal of the Frontenacs out of spite.

### [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/chapters/xxii)

Referred to as the chief witness against Fleurette, described as a 'wench who looks like an anaemic rat'.

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

Mentioned as a useful tool in the plot against Chauvelin.

### [XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/chapters/xxxi)

Mentioned as trying to harm Fleurette, but Fleurette is instructed to hold her peace.

### [XXXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/chapters/xxxv)

Witness for the prosecution, testifying nervously but truthfully against Fleurette; later denounced by Chauvelin as a liar and thief.

### [XXXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/chapters/xxxvi)

Present in the courtroom but forgotten in the chaos.

## Links

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