Citizen Chauvelin

Fleurette

Chauvelin is obsessed with using Fleurette as a pawn to capture Sir Percy, manipulating her with cold calculation.

Armand

Armand is a determined enemy of Chauvelin, actively working against his schemes.

Sir Percy Blakeney

Chauvelin is Sir Percy's relentless nemesis, obsessed with capturing or destroying him.

Lieutenant Godet

Godet is Chauvelin's subordinate officer, carrying out his orders with military obedience.

Pochart

Pochart is a spy and agent working under Chauvelin's direction.

Old Louise

Chauvelin intimidates and manipulates Old Louise to extract information about Fleurette.

Adèle

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

Danou

Danou is a minor agent or informant used by Chauvelin in his investigations.

Bibi

Bibi is fiercely antagonistic toward Chauvelin, protecting Fleurette from his machinations.

Public Prosecutor Isnard

Isnard is a legal official who collaborates with Chauvelin in judicial proceedings.

Lieutenant Godet

Godet is Chauvelin's subordinate officer, carrying out his orders with military obedience.

Sir Percy Blakeney

Chauvelin is Sir Percy's relentless nemesis, obsessed with capturing or destroying him.

I

Implied as the older charcoal-burner with a cough, observing the soldiers.

Parting is not such sweet sorrow

Referred to as Bibi, he departs with Amédé and M'sieu' Colombe, leaving Fleurette heartbroken.

Chapter VIII

Appears at the stable door, questioning Fleurette sternly; he wears a tricolour sash and seems sad and harsh.

Chapter XVII

Presides over the committee, interrogates Godet with cold ruthlessness, and offers him a chance to redeem himself by capturing the English spies.

XVIII

Identified as Bibi; Fleurette discovers his true identity when Godet announces her as his daughter.

XIX

Torn between love for Fleurette and his revolutionary zeal; terrified for her safety after her confession.

Chapter XX

Struggles to defend his daughter while grappling with guilt and rage as the men use the Law of the Suspect against him.

Chapter XXI

Forced to sign his own daughter's arrest warrant, he masks his anguish and plots to save her.

XXII

Heaves a sigh of satisfaction after successfully summoning the President and Prosecutor to Paris, buying time to save Fleurette; reflects on the Scarlet Pimpernel with bitter anguish.

XXIII

Manipulates Legrange and Isnard, plans to save Fleurette, suffers anxiety and sleeplessness, and confronts the theft of his calèche.

XXVI

Returns to Orange, faces suspicion and veiled threats from Pochart and Danou, and schemes to outwit them.

XXVII

Chauvelin manipulates the Committee using a decree, then privately breaks down in anguish over Fleurette's danger and his impotence to save her.

XXVIII

Tormented by the thought that the Scarlet Pimpernel might rescue Fleurette; he oscillates between hope and despair, and intensifies vigilance after hearing of the Pimpernel's presence in Orange.

Chapter XXIX

Writes a secret letter to Fleurette, presides over the tribunal, and agonizes over her fate while trying to keep her name off the execution lists.

The Letter in the Shadows

Arranges to smuggle a letter to Fleurette in prison, negotiating with a ruffian in a dark doorway.

XXXII

Revealed to be Fleurette's father, Citizen Armand; he is devastated by the realization that his daughter is in danger.

XXXIII

Desperately schemes to save Fleurette but ultimately writes her name on the accusation forms, accepting the inevitable.

XXXIV

Presides as president of the tribunal, speaking cruelly to the accused, unrecognizable to Fleurette as her chéri Bibi.

XXXV

Presiding judge and father, fighting desperately to save Fleurette's life, but losing self-control under pressure.

XXXVI

The President of the Tribunal, he is accused of perjury and faces the mob's fury; he recognizes the giant as Sir Percy Blakeney.

XXXIX

Sits in the coach, overwhelmed with relief that Fleurette is safe, then confronts Sir Percy and offers his life.