# Citizen Chauvelin — Sir Percy Hits Back character guide > Citizen Chauvelin in Sir Percy Hits Back by Baroness Orczy. **Role:** major **Also known as:** Chauvelin, Representative Chauvelin, Citizen Representative Chauvelin **First appearance:** 0000-i ## Snapshot The Revolution's most relentless pursuer of the Scarlet Pimpernel, a man who trusts no one, pays in livres, and keeps his hat pulled low in dark doorways. ## Who they are Chauvelin operates in shadows and back rooms, buying informers with coin and holding them with the cold logic of mutual need. He is the hunter who has helped unchain the Terror and now finds its mad dogs snarling at something he loves. His tireless pursuit of the Pimpernel is both professional obsession and personal war, and his presence turns every rescue into a duel of wits where the stakes are always a life. ## Relationships ### [Fleurette](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/characters/fleurette) _psychological_ Chauvelin is obsessed with using Fleurette as a pawn to capture Sir Percy, manipulating her with cold calculation. ### [Armand](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/characters/armand) _rivalry_ Armand is a determined enemy of Chauvelin, actively working against his schemes. ### [Sir Percy Blakeney](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/characters/sir_percy_blakeney) _rivalry_ Chauvelin is Sir Percy's relentless nemesis, obsessed with capturing or destroying him. ### [Lieutenant Godet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/characters/lieutenant_godet) _professional_ Godet is Chauvelin's subordinate officer, carrying out his orders with military obedience. ### [Pochart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/characters/pochart) _professional_ Pochart is a spy and agent working under Chauvelin's direction. ### [Old Louise](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/characters/old_louise) _psychological_ Chauvelin intimidates and manipulates Old Louise to extract information about Fleurette. ### [Adèle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/characters/adele) _rivalry_ Adèle distrusts and opposes Chauvelin, seeing him as a threat to Fleurette. ### [Danou](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/characters/danou) _professional_ Danou is a minor agent or informant used by Chauvelin in his investigations. ### [Bibi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/characters/bibi) _rivalry_ Bibi is fiercely antagonistic toward Chauvelin, protecting Fleurette from his machinations. ### [Public Prosecutor Isnard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/characters/public_prosecutor_isnard) _professional_ Isnard is a legal official who collaborates with Chauvelin in judicial proceedings. ### [Lieutenant Godet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/characters/lieutenant_godet) _professional_ Godet is Chauvelin's subordinate officer, carrying out his orders with military obedience. ### [Sir Percy Blakeney](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/characters/sir_percy_blakeney) _rivalry_ Chauvelin is Sir Percy's relentless nemesis, obsessed with capturing or destroying him. ## In the story ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/chapters/i) Implied as the older charcoal-burner with a cough, observing the soldiers. ### [Parting is not such sweet sorrow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/chapters/v) Referred to as Bibi, he departs with Amédé and M'sieu' Colombe, leaving Fleurette heartbroken. ### [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/chapters/viii) Appears at the stable door, questioning Fleurette sternly; he wears a tricolour sash and seems sad and harsh. ### [Chapter XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/chapters/xvii) Presides over the committee, interrogates Godet with cold ruthlessness, and offers him a chance to redeem himself by capturing the English spies. ### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/chapters/xviii) Identified as Bibi; Fleurette discovers his true identity when Godet announces her as his daughter. ### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/chapters/xix) Torn between love for Fleurette and his revolutionary zeal; terrified for her safety after her confession. ### [Chapter XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/chapters/xxi) Forced to sign his own daughter's arrest warrant, he masks his anguish and plots to save her. ### [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/chapters/xxiii) Manipulates Legrange and Isnard, plans to save Fleurette, suffers anxiety and sleeplessness, and confronts the theft of his calèche. ### [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/chapters/xxvi) Returns to Orange, faces suspicion and veiled threats from Pochart and Danou, and schemes to outwit them. ### [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/chapters/xxx) Arranges to smuggle a letter to Fleurette in prison, negotiating with a ruffian in a dark doorway. ### [XXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/chapters/xxxii) Revealed to be Fleurette's father, Citizen Armand; he is devastated by the realization that his daughter is in danger. ### [XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/chapters/xxxiii) Desperately schemes to save Fleurette but ultimately writes her name on the accusation forms, accepting the inevitable. ### [XXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/chapters/xxxiv) Presides as president of the tribunal, speaking cruelly to the accused, unrecognizable to Fleurette as her chéri Bibi. ### [XXXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/chapters/xxxv) Presiding judge and father, fighting desperately to save Fleurette's life, but losing self-control under pressure. ### [XXXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/chapters/xxxix) Sits in the coach, overwhelmed with relief that Fleurette is safe, then confronts Sir Percy and offers his life. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/characters/citizen_chauvelin - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sir_percy_hits_back_se/characters