# Captain Le Farge — The Blue Lagoon character guide

> Captain Le Farge in The Blue Lagoon by H. de Vere Stacpoole.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Le Farge, Captain

**First appearance:** 0001-part-i-i-where-the-slush-lamp-burns

## Who they are

A ship's captain whose authority collapses when his water-short boats turn on each other in the moonlight, leaving him helpless aboard his own command.

## Relationships

### [Emmeline](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/characters/emmeline)

_social_

Captain Le Farge is a ship captain who interacts with Emmeline during sea voyages.

### [Dick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/characters/dick)

_social_

Captain Le Farge has a professional acquaintance with Dick during sea travel.

### [Captain Fountain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/characters/captain_fountain)

_professional_

Captain Fountain and Captain Le Farge are fellow ship captains with a professional relationship.

### [Paddy Button](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/characters/paddy_button)

_social_

Captain Le Farge and Paddy Button have a passing acquaintance from sea voyages.

### [Emmeline](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/characters/emmeline)

_social_

Captain Le Farge is a ship captain who interacts with Emmeline during sea voyages.

### [Emmeline](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/characters/emmeline)

_social_

Captain Le Farge is a ship captain who interacts with Emmeline during sea voyages.

### [Dick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/characters/dick)

_social_

Captain Le Farge has a professional acquaintance with Dick during sea travel.

### [Captain Fountain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/characters/captain_fountain)

_professional_

Captain Fountain and Captain Le Farge are fellow ship captains with a professional relationship.

## In the story

### [II: Under the Stars](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/chapters/part-i-ii-under-the-stars)

Sea captain of the Northumberland, of French descent and naturalized American, who listens to Lestrange's request about disposing of his body without the children's knowledge.

### [III: The Shadow and the Fire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/chapters/part-i-iii-the-shadow-and-the-fire)

Notices the fog and smells burning, then rushes to investigate the smoke from the main hatch, ordering the pumps manned.

### [IV: And Like a Dream Dissolved](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/chapters/part-i-iv-and-like-a-dream-dissolved)

Le Farge bursts into the saloon in a panic, orders the children prepared, and directs the evacuation, showing his half-mad state due to the fire.

### [V: Voices Heard in the Mist](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/chapters/part-i-v-voices-heard-in-the-mist)

Commands the longboat, orders Mr. Lestrange aboard, and shouts into the fog before the boats lose sight of each other.

### [X: The Tragedy of the Boats](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/chapters/part-i-x-the-tragedy-of-the-boats)

Captain of the longboat; he is struck by a mutinous crewman and loses command as the tragedy unfolds.

### [I: Mad Lestrange](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/chapters/i-mad-lestrange)

Captain of the Northumberland, rescued but driven mad; later found playing with a ball of colored worsted in a sanatorium.

## Links

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