# The Chink in the Armour — Character guide

> Key figures in The Chink in the Armour by Marie Belloc Lowndes.

- [Sylvia Bailey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/characters/sylvia_bailey.md): Sylvia Bailey has money, leisure, and a superstitious streak that a Bond Street palmist's predictions have only sharpened; when a pink card for a Montmartre fortune-teller appears on her hotel table, she treats it as amu
- [Madame Wolsky](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/characters/madame_wolsky.md): Anna Wolsky is the sophisticated foreign friend Sylvia's palmist predicted, a woman of the world who speaks English with a strong accent and treats Sylvia with affectionate indulgence. She is the one who recognizes Madam
- [William Chester](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/characters/william_chester.md): Chester is the steady English presence in Sylvia's orbit, a young man whose instinct for respectability makes him distrust the glamorous strangers she collects. Where Sylvia sees charm and coincidence, he sees design, an
- [Comte Paul de Virieu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/characters/comte_de_virieu.md): Count Paul de Virieu moves through the same fashionable foreign set as Sylvia, a titled Frenchman whose polish cannot quite disguise the gambler's restlessness beneath it. His attraction to Sylvia and his familiarity wit
- [Monsieur Wachner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/characters/monsieur_wachner.md): Monsieur Wachner belongs to the ambiguous foreign couple whose friendship Sylvia accepts without much scrutiny, part of the Lacville set that surrounds her. His geniality and his wife's attentions feel flattering rather 
- [Madame Cagliostra](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/characters/madame_cagliostra.md): Madame Cagliostra is the seer whose visiting-card arrives unbidden on Sylvia's Paris table, a name the chambermaid vouches for as marvellous and cheap. She charges only five francs, yet her clients are said to include th
- [M. Polperro](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/characters/polperro.md): Polperro keeps the Hôtel de l'Horloge running with brisk good humor, and his wife's absence leaves him even busier and more flustered than usual. When Chester arrives out of the night with no luggage and asks pointedly f
- [Madame Malfait](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/characters/madame_malfait.md): A woman at Lacville who becomes a victim of the Wachners' schemes.
- [Monsieur Malfait](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/characters/monsieur_malfait.md): The husband of Madame Malfait, who seeks revenge for her death.
- [George Bailey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/characters/george_bailey.md): Sylvia's deceased husband, whose memory influences her decisions.
- [Marie-Anne d'Eglemont](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/characters/marie_anne_deglemont.md): A young woman mentioned in connection with the Wachners' past.
- [L'Ami Fritz](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/characters/l_ami_fritz.md): A nickname or reference used in conversation, possibly related to the Wachners.
- [Mrs. Meeks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/characters/mrs_meeks.md): An Englishwoman at Lacville who interacts with Sylvia.
- [The Englishman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/characters/the_englishman.md): A generic Englishman at the casino, possibly a minor acquaintance.
- [Duchesse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chink_in_the_armour_se/characters/duchesse.md): A titled woman mentioned in correspondence or conversation.

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